Fabrication of engineered microplastics in an epoxy-based polymer (SU-8) by means of penetrating protons
Nitipon Puttaraksa,
Kunpisit Kosumsupamala,
Hironori Seki
et al.
Abstract:Engineered microplastics are vital mimics of natural microplastics for application in many research areas aimed at solving environmental pollution. Here, we demonstrate the fabrication of engineered microplastics using 1 MeV protons with a full penetration depth to effectively detach engineered microplastics from a substrate. The microplastic patterns in this work were made in an epoxy-based polymer (SU-8) spin-coated on a silicon (Si) substrate by employing a proton beam writing technique at the Shibaura Inst… Show more
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