TopoSlicer® SOFTWARE FOR BIOINSPIRATION USING DOD INKJET PRINTING: FROM AFM IMAGE OF LEAFS TEMPLATES TO A PVB REPLICA OF NON-WETTING SURFACES

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.3091916045

• Palavras-chave: atena

• Keywords: Bioinspired material, Non-wetting surface, Images conversion software

• Abstract:

  In this work, we present

  a homemade software to convert AFM

  micrographs in a set of 2D images as slices to

  print 3D bioinspired structures through a layerby-

  layer process in a DoD inkjet materials printer.

  The characteristics of the non-moistening and

  self-cleaning surfaces of some leaves, resulting

  from the evolution of nature, are interesting

  to be explored in bio-inspired materials. As

  a proof of concept of the software we named

  TopoSlicer®, micrographs of C. esculenta

  leaves cultivated in our lab by hydroponics

  were used. A printable fluid was produced, and

  its parameters were adjusted for our materials

  printer. Here, a comparison between MEV and

  AFM micrographs was performed to choose the

  best starting image as input. The contact angle

  of water droplets over the printed structures was

  taken as hydrophobicity parameter.

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