Electric Field-Aided Formation Combined with a Nanoimprinting Technique for Replicating a Plant Leaf
✍ Scribed by Geun Hyung Kim; Ho Jun Jeon; Hyeon Yoon
- Book ID
- 102943090
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 568 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The surface of the taro plant leaf was replicated using a nanoimprinting technique (NIT) supplemented with an electric field. This field‐aided nanoimprinting method (FA‐NIT) consists of two steps: applying an electric field to a liquid polymer under the plant leaves and the curing process of the polymer with the applied electric field. An appropriate electric field was needed to induce the electrokinetic phenomena of a liquid polymer to obtain a good replicated surface. The roughness fabricated by the FA‐NIT was about 45% higher than the one prepared by NIT. The FA‐NIT method is a good supplementary technique to improve the quality of NIT.
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