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Micropatterning of Superhydrophobic Silicone Nanofilaments by a Near-Ultraviolet Nd: YAG Laser

Show Author's Information Ana Stojanovic,  Georg R. J. Artus,  Stefan Seeger( )
Institute of Physical ChemistryUniversity of ZurichWinterthurerstrasse 1908057Zürich, Switzerland
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wettability, Superhydrophobic, ultraviolet (UV) laser ablation, open channels
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Stojanovic A, Artus GRJ, Seeger S. Micropatterning of Superhydrophobic Silicone Nanofilaments by a Near-Ultraviolet Nd: YAG Laser. Nano Research, 2010, 3(12): 889-894. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-010-0062-0
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We demonstrate that a recently developed coating composed of superhydrophobic silicone nanofilaments can be selectively functionalized to yield well defined micron-scale patterns of contrasting wettabilities (superhydrophobic/hydrophilic and amphiphobic/amphiphilic). Nanofilament ablation was performed using a near-ultraviolet (UV) laser with a wavelength of 355 nm and a repetition rate of 10 kHz. This is a highly promising approach for open channel microfluidics and microarray analysis due to its simplicity, the chemical and environmental stability of the coating, and the low cost.


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Micropatterning of Superhydrophobic Silicone Nanofilaments by a Near-Ultraviolet Nd: YAG Laser

Show Author's information Ana Stojanovic, Georg R. J. Artus, Stefan Seeger( )
Institute of Physical ChemistryUniversity of ZurichWinterthurerstrasse 1908057Zürich, Switzerland

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We demonstrate that a recently developed coating composed of superhydrophobic silicone nanofilaments can be selectively functionalized to yield well defined micron-scale patterns of contrasting wettabilities (superhydrophobic/hydrophilic and amphiphobic/amphiphilic). Nanofilament ablation was performed using a near-ultraviolet (UV) laser with a wavelength of 355 nm and a repetition rate of 10 kHz. This is a highly promising approach for open channel microfluidics and microarray analysis due to its simplicity, the chemical and environmental stability of the coating, and the low cost.

Keywords: wettability, Superhydrophobic, ultraviolet (UV) laser ablation, open channels

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Received: 20 October 2010
Accepted: 21 October 2010
Published: 10 November 2010
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We thank the Zentrum für Mikroskopie and Bildanalyse of the University of Zürich for the opportunity to use their facilities and the Swiss National Foundation (SNF) for financial support.

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