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Printing on liquid elastomers

Cai, Lingzhi
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Marthelot, Joel
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Falcon, Claudio
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March 28, 2020
Soft Matter

In recent years the research community has paid significant attention to geometrically engineered materials. These materials derive their unique properties from their structure rather than their chemistry alone. Despite their success in the laboratory, the assembly of such soft functional materials remains an outstanding challenge. Here, we propose a robust fluid-mediated route for the rapid fabrication of soft elastomers architected with liquid inclusions. Our approach consists of depositing water drops at the surface of an immiscible liquid elastomer bath. As the elastomer cures, the drops are encapsulated in the polymer and impart shape and function to the newly formed elastic matrix. Using the framework of fluid mechanics, we show how this type of composite material can be tailored.

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research article
DOI
10.1039/c9sm02452b
Web of Science ID

WOS:000526925800020

Author(s)
Cai, Lingzhi
Marthelot, Joel
Falcon, Claudio
Reis, Pedro M.  
Brun, P. -T.
Date Issued

2020-03-28

Publisher

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY

Published in
Soft Matter
Volume

16

Issue

12

Start page

3137

End page

3142

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Multidisciplinary

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Polymer Science

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Chemistry

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Materials Science

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Physics

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Polymer Science

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soft

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surface

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future

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sheets

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