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    • Electrohydrodynamic instability: effect of rheological characteristics on the morphological evolution of liquid crystal–polymer interface

      PRITAM ROY PARTHO SARATHI GOOH PATTADER

      Volume 43 Published: 25 July 2020 Article ID 0169

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    • Keywords

       

      Electric field; bilayer instability; liquid crystal; rheology; morphology; interface patterning.

    • Abstract

       

      Electrohydrodynamic instability, in a polymer–air or polymer–polymer bilayer settings, gives rise to the formation of the orderedmicropillars or microwells at the initial planar interface. It is well known that the complex interplay amongthe controlling parameters, such as the intensity of the electrostatic field, film thickness, interfacial tension and dielectric constants of the layers determine the morphology of the interface. In this report, for the first time, experimentally it is shown that rheological property of the lower polymer layer [here, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)] has a significant influence on the morphological evolution.We probe the kinetic time scale of the evolution by inducing fast destabilization of the interface due to the high dielectric contrast between two layers (liquid crystal–PDMS) and reduced interfacial tension. At this time scale,it was demonstrated that micropillars are formed for thin viscoelastic ‘soft’ PDMS film, whereas microwells were observed for viscoelastic ‘hard’ film in similar settings. A transition from micropillar to microwell was observed for viscoelastic ‘soft’ film when the thickness of the film increased from $\sim$4 to 11 $\mu$m. Based on this observation, by controlling the rheological properties, different patterns were developed from similar templated PDMS substrates.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      PRITAM ROY1 PARTHO SARATHI GOOH PATTADER1 2

      1. Center for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India
      2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, India

    • Dates

       
      Published
      25 July 2020
      Manuscript received
      1 September 2019
      Accepted
      7 December 2019
      Final version published online
      25 July 2020

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