TY - GEN
T1 - Hydrophobic templates with rough patterns fabricated by laser micromachining for liquid droplets generation
AU - Tseng, Shih Feng
AU - Huang, Kuo Cheng
AU - Chiang, Donyau
AU - Chen, Ming Fei
AU - Hsiao, Sheng Yi
AU - Lin, Yung Sheng
AU - Chou, Chang Pin
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper presents an approach to utilize high precision pulsed Nd:YAG laser to fabricate a rough array-pattern on a soda-lime glass plate by a laser-induced backside writing (LIBW) process, and a laser-induced plasma assisted ablation (LIPAA) technique. The current study investigates the effect of process parameters such as single-shot laser exposure time and number of passes on the material removal rate. After depositing 695 nm thick Teflon thin film on the glass plate, the surface of the laser micro-machined template becomes hydrophobic. The surface roughness, annular groove profile and surface micrograph were measured by an atomic force microscope, a profilometer, and a scanning electron microscope, respectively. A uniform liquid droplet by the sessile drop method is generated on the hydrophobic template. Droplet characteristics, such as contacted angle, size, and shape, are measured with a surface tension analyzer and microscope. This work also discusses the relationship between the formed droplets and the process recipe of the micro-machined template. The proposed approach can apply to future for uniform lens array formation.
AB - This paper presents an approach to utilize high precision pulsed Nd:YAG laser to fabricate a rough array-pattern on a soda-lime glass plate by a laser-induced backside writing (LIBW) process, and a laser-induced plasma assisted ablation (LIPAA) technique. The current study investigates the effect of process parameters such as single-shot laser exposure time and number of passes on the material removal rate. After depositing 695 nm thick Teflon thin film on the glass plate, the surface of the laser micro-machined template becomes hydrophobic. The surface roughness, annular groove profile and surface micrograph were measured by an atomic force microscope, a profilometer, and a scanning electron microscope, respectively. A uniform liquid droplet by the sessile drop method is generated on the hydrophobic template. Droplet characteristics, such as contacted angle, size, and shape, are measured with a surface tension analyzer and microscope. This work also discusses the relationship between the formed droplets and the process recipe of the micro-machined template. The proposed approach can apply to future for uniform lens array formation.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.264-265.1234
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.264-265.1234
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79961061355
SN - 9783037850534
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 1234
EP - 1239
BT - Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies II, AMPT 2009
T2 - International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, AMPT 2009
Y2 - 26 October 2009 through 29 October 2009
ER -