Development of Patterns for Nanoscale Strain Measurements: I. Fabrication of Imprinted Au Webs for Polymeric Materials

Author(s)

S. A. Collette
M. A. SuttonFollow
P. Miney
A. P. ReynoldsFollow
Xiaodong Li, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
P. E. Colavita
W. A. Scrivens
Y. Luo
T. Sudarshan
P. Muzykov
M. L. Myrick

Document Type

Article

Abstract

A method is presented for patterning polymers with nanoscale gold networks and using the pattern to measure strain in the polymer. A gold film is first coated on a porous alumina template. After coating, the template is impressed into a polymer, and the template is dissolved to leave a continuous metal network on or slightly below the surface of the polymer. The network has a random structure and is electrically conductive and has potential applicability to structural health monitoring. We show that it can be used as a means of measuring deformation through changes in electrical conductivity and continuity and also as a means to measure local material response during controlled loading.

Publication Info

Published in Nanotechnology, Volume 15, Issue 12, 2004, pages 1812-1817.

Rights

Copyright Institute of Physics, 2004.

Collette, S.A., Sutton, M.A., Myrick, M.L., Miney, P., Reynolds, A.P., Li, X., Colavita, P.E., Scrivens, W.A., Luo, Y., Sudarshan, T., & Muzykov, P. (2004). Development of Patterns for Nanoscale Strain Measurements. Part I: Fabrication of Imprinted Au Webs for Polymeric Materials. Nanotechnology, 15(12): 1812-1817.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/15/12/021