Time-temperature integrator based on the dewetting of polyisobutylene thin films

Langmuir. 2010 Apr 20;26(8):5312-5. doi: 10.1021/la1008279.

Abstract

This work reports the application of a patterned thin film of polyisobutylene (PIB) irradiated with an electron beam as a time-temperature integrator, i.e., a device that is able to record the thermal history of a product. The device is fabricated by irradiation with an electron beam of regions of a PIB thin film to different doses of electrons. A different dewetting behavior occurs at these regions upon thermal exposure, depending on the dose. The experimental results are quantified by means of a model of dewetting based on nucleation and growth of holes in a strong slippage regime.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Electrons
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Nanotechnology
  • Polyenes / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Membranes, Artificial
  • Polyenes
  • Polymers
  • polyisobutylene