Aesthetically textured,hard latex coatings by fast IR-assisted evaporative lithography |
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Authors: | A Georgiadis FN MuhamadA Utgenannt JL Keddie |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK |
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Abstract: | Polymer coatings with periodic topographic patterns, repeating over millimetre length scales, can be created from lateral flows in an aqueous dispersion of colloidal particles. The flow is driven by differences in evaporation rate across the wet film surface created by IR radiative heating through a shadow mask. This new process, which we call IR radiation-assisted evaporative lithography (IRAEL), combines IR particle sintering with the concept of evaporative lithography. Here, a series of experiments has been conducted in which the mass of the latex is measured as a function of the exposure time under infrared radiation through a mask. The water evaporation rates and the minimum exposure time required for a dry film are estimated as a function of the power density of the IR emitter. The temperature of the wet film is monitored to avoid overheating and boiling of the water, which will otherwise cause defects. It is demonstrated that textured films can be created on a variety of substrates (plastics, metals, paper and glass), and processing times can be as short as 5 min. We use IRAEL to decorate household goods with an aesthetic coating with the desired texture. |
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Keywords: | Patterning Textured coating Latex Infrared radiation Evaporative lithography Infrared sintering |
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