Funding for this work was provided by the Army Research Office Young Investigator Program. The authors thank Edwin P. Chan and Kyriaki Kalaitzidou for insightful discussions, and acknowledge NSF-MRSEC Central Facilities for use of their SEM, as well as Professor McCarthy's group for use of their oxygen-plasma cleaner.
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Snapping Surfaces†
Article first published online: 5 NOV 2007
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200700584
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Holmes, D. P. and Crosby, A. J. (2007), Snapping Surfaces. Adv. Mater., 19: 3589–3593. doi: 10.1002/adma.200700584
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 5 NOV 2007
- Article first published online: 5 NOV 2007
- Manuscript Revised: 19 APR 2007
- Manuscript Received: 8 MAR 2007
Funded by
- Army Research Office Young Investigator Program
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Keywords:
- Biomimetics;
- Elastomers;
- Polymer surfaces;
- Stimuli-responsive materials;
- Surface functionalization
A simple, robust, biomimetic responsive surface based on controlled elastic instabilities using an array of microlens shells as a surface geometry is presented. The snap-through transition is dictated by geometry, length-scale, and materials properties, thus the transition time, triggering sensitivity, and magnitude change are highly tunable. Their potential use as a rapidly switchable optical device is illustrated.