Issue 2, 2012
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Soft Matter

The self-assembly and patterning of thin polymer films on pyroelectric substrates driven by electrohydrodynamic instability†

Xiaolei Xi,‡a   Dan Zhao,‡a   Fei Tonga  and  Tingbing Cao*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
E-mail: tcao@chem.ruc.edu.cn

Abstract

We use hot PDMS to parallelly transfer and print heat energy onto lithium niobate substrates to induce a local pyroelectric effect. The heterogeneous electrostatic charges built from hot μCP can guide the self-assembly of different thin polymer films and develop them into micropattern.

Graphical abstract: The self-assembly and patterning of thin polymer films on pyroelectric substrates driven by electrohydrodynamic instability

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1SM06434G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Jul 2011
Accepted
27 Oct 2011
First published
11 Nov 2011

Soft Matter, 2012,8, 298-302

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The self-assembly and patterning of thin polymer films on pyroelectric substrates driven by electrohydrodynamic instability

X. Xi, D. Zhao, F. Tong and T. Cao, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 298 DOI: 10.1039/C1SM06434G

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