Abstract
This paper reports a facile one-step method for making undercut structures by dewetting of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) chloroform solution on an ice/water mold. The ice mold is prepared by filling the microchannels with water (micromolding in capillaries (MIMIC) method) and then freezing. The curving surface of water mold stripes and the trapezoidal structure of ice mold stripes work as complementary structures devoted to the formation of undercut structures. The undercut structures with angles of 60° and 40° are obtained, which is determined by the states of ice or water mold. Meanwhile, if the solution concentration is increased, patterned polymer films with different configurations of undercut structures or microchannels would be gained.
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