FABRICATION OF COMPLEX SHAPED MICROPARTICLES FOR SELF-ASSEMBLY APPLICATIONS Oluwatosin Omofoye, C. Wyatt Shields IV, Gabriel P. Lopez
FABRICATION OF COMPLEX SHAPED MICROPARTICLES FOR SELF-ASSEMBLY APPLICATIONS
Oluwatosin Omofoye, C. Wyatt Shields IV, Gabriel P. Lopez
MOTIVATION
Assembly of colloids into distinct patterns is paving way of the future of materials science
Various applications in Photonic band gap materials Bio sensing materials
Opal is a natural photonic crystalhttp://opalux.com/
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FABRICATION OF SHAPED COLLOIDS
Spin coat SU-8
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Silicone wafer
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Mask of Array
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Expose UV light through Mask
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Remove residual SU-8
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Suspend in solution
Photolithography
EXTRACTION METHODS Using rubber scraper or a blade Sacrificial Layer (Omnicoat) below SU-8 Nano PG Remover Solvent
Silicone substrate
Sacrificial Layer
SU-8
Rubber PolicemanMaterial layers during fabrication 3
PARTICLE MODIFICATION Fluorescence and Metal Deposition
Fluorescent Particles Gold/Cobalt Coated Particles
2 um thick hexagonal tiles
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PREVIOUS ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUES
Electric Assembly
Magnetic Assembly
C. Shields IV, S. Zhu, Ye Yang, B. Bharti, J. Liu, B. Yellen, O Velev, G. Lopez. Soft Matter, 2013.
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EVAPORATION INDUCED CONFINED AREA ASSEMBLY
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An evaporation based form of assembly
G. Singh, S. Pillai, A. Arpanaei and P. Kingshott, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 3290.
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EVAPORATION INDUCED CONFINED AREA ASSEMBLY SEM Images of achieved patterns
G. Singh, S. Pillai, A. Arpanaei and P. Kingshott, Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 3290.
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INITIAL RESULTS WITH SHAPED COLLOIDS
5um wide 2um thick cylinders
10um Cubes and 2um diameter cylinders
10um wide 2um thick squares 10um wide hexagonal prisms and 2um Particles
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PROPOSED SOLUTION
Liquid – liquid interface method Assembly at interface of liquids with different
densities
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CONCLUSION Successfully created a broad range of shaped micro-
particles Modified them to have metallic and fluorescent
properties Created self-assembled and active assembled
structures
12Magnetic field assembly of Metal coated Particles Passive assembly of shaped
particles
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LORD Foundation: Sponsor Dr. Gabriel Lopez: Lab Professor Wyatt Shields: Graduate Student Mentor SMiF (Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility) Peter Kingshott and University of Swinburne
(Research collaborators)
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