Engineered biomimicry: Polymeric replication of surface features found on insects

Drew P. Pulsifer; Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Raúl J. Martín-Palma; Carlo G. Pantano

doi:10.1117/12.876479

Engineered biomimicry: Polymeric replication of surface features found on insects

Drew P. Pulsifer, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Raúl J. Martín-Palma, Carlo G. Pantano

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Abstract

By combining the modified conformal-evaporated-film-by-rotation (M-CEFR) technique with nickel electroforming, we have produced master negatives of nonplanar biotemplates. An approximately 250-nm-thick conformal coating of nanocrystaline nickel is deposited on a surface structure of interest found in class Insecta, and the coating is then reinforced with a roughly 60-μm-thick structural layer of nickel by electroforming. This structural layer endows the M-CEFR coating with the mechanical robustness necessary for casting or stamping multiple polymer replicas of the biotemplate. We have made master negatives of blowfly corneas, beetle elytrons, and butterfly wings.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication
Volume	7975
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876479
State	Published - May 23 2011
Event	Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Mar 7 2011 → Mar 9 2011

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Other	Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication
Country	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	3/7/11 → 3/9/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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