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Controlling Young’s modulus of polymerized structures fabricated by direct laser writing

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We demonstrate that Young’s modulus of polymerized microstructures in both air and liquid can be controlled by changing the writing velocity of the femtosecond laser two-photon polymerization, which is crucial for many practical applications. For the zirconium/silicon inorganic/organic hybrid sol–gel, the Young’s modulus for dry polymerized micro-cantilevers in air can be adjusted from 5.5 to 9.4 GPa by varying writing velocity from 600 to 200 μm/s, and it also can be controlled in liquid, which is four orders smaller than in air. To characterize the Young’s modulus in liquid, we propose a simple method by measuring non-adhered lengths of the arc-shaped or s-shaped polymerized micro-cantilevers after drying in air.

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This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No. 2013CB921904, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 11074013, 11023003, 11121091.

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    Shi-Jie Zhang, Yan Li, Yang-Kai Wang, Li-Pu Liu, Hong-Da Wang, Yun-Feng Xiao, Hong Yang & Qihuang Gong

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Zhang, SJ., Li, Y., Wang, YK. et al. Controlling Young’s modulus of polymerized structures fabricated by direct laser writing. Appl. Phys. A 118, 437–441 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8787-3

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