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surface topographies provide many functionalities in coatings.

Self-assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid-Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion † Authors Dr. Danqing Liu, Dr. Dirk J. Broer. Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion.

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  1. Self-assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid-Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion† Authors Dr. Danqing Liu, Dr. Dirk J. Broer

  2. Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion ・optical properties of thin films are largely affected by transformations in surface structure. ・sub-micron surface patterns alter the wettability (Lotus effect) ・mechanical properties related to friction and adhesion are of interest in robotics and human/machine interfaces. surface topographies provide many functionalities in coatings. The range of applications would advance further if it was possible to modulate surface topography. 

  3. Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion Materials used for photosensitive dynamic finger prints. Material 1-3 are liquid crystal monomers. 4 is chiral dopant. 5 is azobenzene. 6 is photoinitiator.

  4. Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion Confocal microscopic images of fingerprints. a) 3D image of the initial flat state and c) Its surface profile. b) 3D image of surface topographies under UV exposure and d) Its surface profile.

  5. Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion pitch of helix → Pp actual pitch → Pf Under the appropriate conditions related to the ratio between thickness d and pitch of the helix Pp, with 0.3<d/Pp<0.5 and supported by strong homeotropic surface anchoring, the planar helix configuration is obtained.  It appeared that the fingerprint pitch Pf relates to Pp as Pf=i Pp, depending on the anchoring strength i=1, 2, or 4 (Figure a). Analysis of the fingerprints. a) Pitch dependence on chiral dopant for different surface anchoring conditions. b) The effect of pitch on the strain of fingerprints, the azobenzene concentration is 2 wt.%.

  6. Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion c) The effect of azobenzene concentration on the strain of fingerprints. d) The deformation of fingerprints increases with increasing UV intensity. e) The polarization optical microscope image of a regular texture and f) The surface profile at the initial nonactuated state (red line) and actuated (black line).

  7. Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion ・kinetic friction force Ff ・measured by two coatingssliding against each other at a constant speed under a constant normal load FN Ff kinetic coefficient friction μk ＝　　　 Fn Change of friction between fingerprints “on” and “off”. a) Friction forces versus loading and their linear fits. b) Dynamic force traces when switching the fingerprints between “on” and “off”. For reasons of clarity the right trace is shifted 10 mN upwards. c)–f) Snapshots of a gripper that releases an object upon UV illumination.

  8. Conclusion ・They presented a new approach in designing smart coatings.  ・They created surface topographies with heights of micrometers in thin polymer coatings.

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