Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 441, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.128573
Keywords
Coefficient of friction; Direct ink writing; Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS); Rheological properties
Funding
- China Scholarship Council, National Natural Science Foundation of China [51975458, 51605370]
- China Postdoctoral Science Founda-tion [2020M673377, 2020T130510]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province [2020JM-010]
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In this study, the rheology of PDMS was improved by adding crosslinkers and silica nanoparticles, allowing it to be printed using DIW technology to create flexible surfaces with textures. The results showed that the texture produced by the print path significantly reduced the coefficient of friction, providing a new strategy for preparing flexible and wearable devices.
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), as a polymer material with excellent mechanical properties and flexibility, is widely used in flexible wearable devices, soft robots and other fields. Commonly, the Mold-flipping is used to produce PDMS based samples, while it is time-consuming and impractical for the large-scale fabrication. With the additive manufacturing, printing pastes can be freely configured thanks to direct ink writing (DIW) technology, enabling rapid and high precision manufacturing. Herein, we have improved the rheology of Sylgard-184 by adding crosslinkers and silica nanoparticles to make it printable. By adjusting the printing path, flexible surfaces with textures were created. Ball-on-disc dry friction experiments were carried out on the specimens. Results show that the texture produced by the print path can effectively reduce the coefficient of friction (COF) compared to samples produced by the conventional molding. When the print path is at 60 degrees to the sliding direction, COFs for samples are reduced by 23.2% to 32.9%. Our findings provide a new strategy for preparing flexible and wearable devices through significantly enhancing the wear resistance of substantiable usage and prolonging the lifespan.
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