| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention solves numerous problems in state-of-the-art industrial polymer shaping of micro and nanostructures. The problems of high tool polishing requirements, the inability to define an arbitrary topographical structure on an arbitrary free-form (curved) surface, limited durability and replication quality, as well as providing a convenient method for functionalizing the surface. The invention solves these problems by deploying a ceramic material precursor, which may be coated onto a conventional polymer shaping tool, micro-or nanostructured by mechanical contact (embossing), cured into a hard, durable ceramic material comprising the desired structures. The ceramic material is functionalisable by silane chemistry, due to its high surface density of -OH groups. This apparatus may then be used in a conventional polymer shaping process to make nanostructured polymer replicas.</p> |
