Title :
Biological inspired superhydrophobic and self-cleaning flexible silicone rubber
Author :
Harada, Shingo ; Arie, Takayuki ; Akita, Seiji ; Takei, Kuniharu
Author_Institution :
Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan
Abstract :
This report describes a flexible and stretchable superhydrophobic surface on an elastomer silicone rubber by one-step laser treatment for the future flexible and wearable electronics. Previously, there are some studies about the fabrication of superhydrophobic surface on silicone rubber by forming micro- or nanostructure. However, the superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning under bending/stretching and time reliability have yet to be demonstrated. Here, we conduct a systematic study of superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning surface under applying a tensile stress and its application of microfluidic valve.
Keywords :
bending; flexible electronics; hydrophobicity; laser materials processing; microfluidics; microvalves; silicone rubber; surface treatment; bending-stretching; biological inspired superhydrophobic silicone rubber; elastomer silicone rubber; flexible electronics; flexible superhydrophobic surface; microfluidic valve; microstructure; nanostructure; one-step laser treatment; self-cleaning flexible silicone rubber; self-cleaning surface; stretchable superhydrophobic surface; superhydrophobic surface fabrication; tensile stress; time reliability; wearable electronics; Microfluidics; Reliability; Rubber; Surface emitting lasers; Surface morphology; Surface treatment; Valves; flexible device; microfluidic valve; self-cleaning property; superhydrophobic surface;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
DOI :
10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181034
