Abstract
Transfer printing is an exceptionally sophisticated approach to assembly and micro-/nanofabrication that relies on a soft, elastomeric 'stamp' to transfer solid, micro-/nanoscale materials or device components from one substrate to another, in a large-scale, parallel fashion. The most critical control parameter in transfer printing is the strength of adhesion between the stamp and materials/devices. Conventional peel tests provide effective and robust means for determining the interfacial adhesion strength, or equivalently the energy release rate, and its dependence on peel speed. The results presented here provide analytic solutions for tests of this type, performed using viscoelastic strips with and without patterns of relief on their surfaces, and validated by systematic experiments. For a flat strip, a simple method enables determination of the energy release rate as a function of the peel speed. Patterned strips can be designed to achieve desired interfacial properties, with either stronger or weaker adhesion than that for a flat strip. The pattern spacing influences the energy release rate, to give values that initially decrease to levels smaller than those for a corresponding flat strip, as the pattern spacing increases. Once the spacing reaches a critical value, the relief self-collapses onto the substrate, thereby significantly increasing the contact area and the strength of adhesion. Analytic solutions capture not only these behaviors, as confirmed by experiment, but also extend to strips with nearly any pattern geometry of cylindrical pillars.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1737-1752 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 2013 |
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Keywords
- Energy release rate
- Patterned strips
- Peel test
- Viscoelasticity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
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Experiments and viscoelastic analysis of peel test with patterned strips for applications to transfer printing. / Chen, Hang; Feng, Xue; Huang, Yin; Huang, Yonggang; Rogers, John A.
In: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 61, No. 8, 01.08.2013, p. 1737-1752.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Experiments and viscoelastic analysis of peel test with patterned strips for applications to transfer printing
AU - Chen, Hang
AU - Feng, Xue
AU - Huang, Yin
AU - Huang, Yonggang
AU - Rogers, John A.
PY - 2013/8/1
Y1 - 2013/8/1
N2 - Transfer printing is an exceptionally sophisticated approach to assembly and micro-/nanofabrication that relies on a soft, elastomeric 'stamp' to transfer solid, micro-/nanoscale materials or device components from one substrate to another, in a large-scale, parallel fashion. The most critical control parameter in transfer printing is the strength of adhesion between the stamp and materials/devices. Conventional peel tests provide effective and robust means for determining the interfacial adhesion strength, or equivalently the energy release rate, and its dependence on peel speed. The results presented here provide analytic solutions for tests of this type, performed using viscoelastic strips with and without patterns of relief on their surfaces, and validated by systematic experiments. For a flat strip, a simple method enables determination of the energy release rate as a function of the peel speed. Patterned strips can be designed to achieve desired interfacial properties, with either stronger or weaker adhesion than that for a flat strip. The pattern spacing influences the energy release rate, to give values that initially decrease to levels smaller than those for a corresponding flat strip, as the pattern spacing increases. Once the spacing reaches a critical value, the relief self-collapses onto the substrate, thereby significantly increasing the contact area and the strength of adhesion. Analytic solutions capture not only these behaviors, as confirmed by experiment, but also extend to strips with nearly any pattern geometry of cylindrical pillars.
AB - Transfer printing is an exceptionally sophisticated approach to assembly and micro-/nanofabrication that relies on a soft, elastomeric 'stamp' to transfer solid, micro-/nanoscale materials or device components from one substrate to another, in a large-scale, parallel fashion. The most critical control parameter in transfer printing is the strength of adhesion between the stamp and materials/devices. Conventional peel tests provide effective and robust means for determining the interfacial adhesion strength, or equivalently the energy release rate, and its dependence on peel speed. The results presented here provide analytic solutions for tests of this type, performed using viscoelastic strips with and without patterns of relief on their surfaces, and validated by systematic experiments. For a flat strip, a simple method enables determination of the energy release rate as a function of the peel speed. Patterned strips can be designed to achieve desired interfacial properties, with either stronger or weaker adhesion than that for a flat strip. The pattern spacing influences the energy release rate, to give values that initially decrease to levels smaller than those for a corresponding flat strip, as the pattern spacing increases. Once the spacing reaches a critical value, the relief self-collapses onto the substrate, thereby significantly increasing the contact area and the strength of adhesion. Analytic solutions capture not only these behaviors, as confirmed by experiment, but also extend to strips with nearly any pattern geometry of cylindrical pillars.
KW - Energy release rate
KW - Patterned strips
KW - Peel test
KW - Viscoelasticity
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JO - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
JF - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
SN - 0022-5096
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