PDMS with designer functionalities—Properties, modifications strategies, and applications

MP Wolf, GB Salieb-Beugelaar, P Hunziker - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Rapid progress in micro-and nanotechnologies such as lab-on-a-chip (microfluidic
networks, sensors, actuators, and connectors), soft lithography (replica moulding …

Wafer-sized multifunctional polyimine-based two-dimensional conjugated polymers with high mechanical stiffness

H Sahabudeen, H Qi, BA Glatz, D Tranca… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
One of the key challenges in two-dimensional (2D) materials is to go beyond graphene, a
prototype 2D polymer (2DP), and to synthesize its organic analogues with structural control …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of wrinkling polymers

R Dimmock, X Wang, Y Fu, A El Haj… - Recent progress in …, 2020 - lidsen.com
Advancements in surface engineering and material fabrication techniques have enabled the
creation and replication of naturally occurring surface topographies or the extrapolation of …

Tunable hierarchical wrinkling: From models to applications

L Ma, L He, Y Ni - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Wrinkled surfaces have attracted enormous interest during the past years due to their
various wrinkling patterns and impressive multifunctional properties. With the growing …

Directional nanotopographic gradients: a high-throughput screening platform for cell contact guidance

Q Zhou, PT Kühn, T Huisman, E Nieboer, C Van Zwol… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
A novel approach was developed using PDMS-substrates with surface-aligned
nanotopography gradients, varying unidirectional in amplitude and wavelength, for studying …

Tunable formation of ordered wrinkles in metal films with controlled thickness gradients deposited on soft elastic substrates

S Yu, Y Ni, L He, QL Ye - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
Controlled wrinkled surface is useful for a wide range of applications, including flexible
electronics, smart adhesion, wettability, stam**, sensoring, coating, and measuring. In this …

Colloidal surface assemblies: nanotechnology meets bioinspiration

T Kraus, D Brodoceanu… - Advanced Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This Feature Article discusses two biomimetic aspects of functional particle surface
assembly: the fabrication of biologically inspired structures from particles and the …

Tackling the scalability challenge in plasmonics by wrinkle-assisted colloidal self-assembly

Y Yu, C Ng, TAF König, A Fery - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electromagnetic radiation of a certain frequency can excite the collective oscillation of the
free electrons in metallic nanostructures using localized surface plasmon resonances …

Hierarchical line-defect patterns in wrinkled surfaces

BA Glatz, M Tebbe, B Kaoui, R Aichele, C Kuttner… - Soft Matter, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate a novel approach for controlling the formation of line-defects in wrinkling
patterns by introducing step-like changes in the Young's modulus of elastomeric substrates …

Controlling line defects in wrinkling: a pathway towards hierarchical wrinkling structures

A Knapp, LJ Nebel, M Nitschke, O Sander, A Fery - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate a novel approach for controlling the line defect formation in microscopic
wrinkling structures by patterned plasma treatment of elastomeric surfaces. Wrinkles were …