Abstract
We designed nine micro molds with various cavity geometric parameters to investigate their effects on micropillars replication of the amorphous polymer via micro hot embossing. Picoseconds laser was used to fabricate the micro holes array on the stainless steel plates with 200 µm thickness as micro molds. The mechanical behavior of PMMA above glass transition temperature was investigated by uniaxial compression tests at various temperatures and strain rates, the results were used in simulation as constitutive relation. Confocal microscope and optical microscope showed that the replication height has a complicate nonlinear relationship with cavity size and density. DEFORM 3D was used to model and simulate the embossing process, and it is a good approach to investigate the micropallars replication heights, front angles and filling ratios.
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Abbreviations
- AR:
-
aspect ratio of micro mold
- CD:
-
cavities density of micro mold
- D:
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diameter of micro cavity
- H:
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height of embossed micropillar
- DC:
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distance between centers of nearest micro cavity
- DE:
-
distance between edges of nearest micro cavity
- FEA:
-
finite element analysis
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Zhang, X., Fang, G., Jiang, T. et al. Effects of cavity size and density on polymer micro hot embossing. Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. 16, 2339–2346 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-015-0301-0
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