Thank you Demon3 for your reply.
I forgot to mention that we did try polydimethylsiloxane, but the posts tended to tear from surface during the durability/scratch tests.
Rinsing and sonicating the PU in isopropyl alcohol removed some of the haze. We looked at the PU under a microscope and...
I am interested in etching microposts in glass with an aspect ratio of ~1-2.
Can anyone tell me if these structures will be resistant to fracture or if they can be easily broken off the surface when scratched with a fingernail?
I need to mold microstructures in a thin film of material where the microstructures consist of an array of microposts that are 40um in diameter, 40-60um tall, and spaced by 80um. The structured thin film must be transparent (>90% transmission over visible wavelengths), durable, and scratch...