A SECRET GARDEN OF MICRO BUTTERFLIES: PHENOMENON AND MECHANISM

N. Liu, W. M. Huang () and S. J. Phee
Additional contact information
N. Liu: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
W. M. Huang: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
S. J. Phee: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2007, vol. 14, issue 06, 1187-1190

Abstract: Butterfly-shaped features (with sizes from about 6 to 90 μm) were found on the surface of a shape-memory polymer (SMP) after a process of 50% stretching, slightly polishing, and then heating for shape recovery. We identified the underline mechanism, which is evidenced by the switching of butterflies by 90° from the previous direction after stretching. The case discussed here demonstrates the feasibility of using SMPs for patterning up to nanoscale for different shapes.

Keywords: Shape memory polymer; shape recovery; patterning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218625X07010780
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:14:y:2007:i:06:n:s0218625x07010780

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from

DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X07010780

Access Statistics for this article

Surface Review and Letters (SRL) is currently edited by S Y Tong

More articles in Surface Review and Letters (SRL) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().