ArticleMicromachines2022
Three-Dimensional Soft Material Micropatterning via Grayscale Photolithography for Improved Hydrophobicity of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).
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- Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Coatings: Materials, Fabrication Strategies, and Durability Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Biomimetic Multi-Responsive Superwettable Materials for Oil-Water Separation.Nano-micro letters · 2026Review
- Nanoparticle-Free 3D-Printed Hydrophobic Surfaces for Ice Mitigation Applications.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Microfluidic Organ-on-A-chip: A Guide to Biomaterial Choice and Fabrication.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Simple Microcontact Printing Technique to Obtain Cell Patterns by Lithography Using Grayscale, Photopolymer Flexographic Mold, and PDMS.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
In this present work, we aim to improve the hydrophobicity of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surface. Various heights of 3D PDMS micropillars were fabricated via grayscale photolithography, and improved wettability was investigated. Two approaches of PDMS replication were demonstrated, both using a single master mold to obtain the micropillar arrays. The different heights of fabricated PDMS micropillars were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and a surface profiler. The surface hydrophobicity was characterized by measuring the water contact angles. The fabrication of PDMS micropillar arrays was shown to be effective in modifying the contact angles of pure water droplets with the highest 157.3-degree water contact angle achieved by implementing a single mask grayscale lithography technique.
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