Microscale Patterning of Thermoplastic Polymer Surfaces by Selective Solvent Swelling
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Microscale patterning of thermoplastic polymer surfaces by selective solvent swelling.
A new method for the fabrication of microscale features in thermoplastic substrates is presented. Unlike traditional thermoplastic microfabrication techniques, in which bulk polymer is displaced from the substrate by machining or embossing, a unique process termed orogenic microfabrication has been developed in which selected regions of a thermoplastic surface are raised from the substrate by a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Langmuir
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0743-7463,1520-5827
DOI: 10.1021/la302704t