Reinforced shape-tunable microwrinkles formed on a porous-film-embedded elastomer surface

Soft Matter. 2014 Oct 7;10(37):7165-9. doi: 10.1039/c4sm00942h.

Abstract

A new structural design is proposed for wrinkling to improve mechanical durability by exploiting a porous polymer film embedded on the surface of an elastomer, which acts as a hard layer, buckles into wrinkles and effectively suppresses fatal failures such as delamination and cracking.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't