Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 33, Issue 21, Pages 5298-5303Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01381
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- German Research Foundation [BU1803/3-1]
- Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)
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We propose that chemically inert polymeric films can enhance van der Waals (vdW) forces in the same way as nanofabrication of biomimetic adhesive materials. For the vdW adhesion of an ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) film on rough metal and dielectric substrates, we present a model that combines microscopic quantum-chemistry simulations of the polymer response functions and the equilibrium monomer substrate distance with a macroscopic quantum-electrodynamics calculation of the Casimir force between the polymer film and the substrate. We predict adhesive forces up to 2.22 kN/mm(2), where the effect is reduced by substrate roughness and for dielectric surfaces.
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