Novel SU-8/Ionic Liquid Composite for Tribological Coatings and MEMS

Novel SU-8/Ionic Liquid Composite for Tribological Coatings and MEMS

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Tribology of SU-8 polymer is increasingly relevant due to bursting use of this material in a variety of applications.This study is directed Electric Knives towards introduction and investigation of a novel self-lubricating composite of an ionic liquid (IL) in SU-8.The new material can be utilized for fabrication of lubricating polymer coating with tunable surface properties or SU8-made elements for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with enhanced tribological performance.It is shown that addition of IL drastically alters water affinity of the composite while UV patternability remains unmodified.

A lower coefficient of friction and wear has been obtained for two investigated compositions with 4 #4.56 AUBURN and 10 wt % ionic liquid.