液体の界面張力を利用したプラスチックの光成形

球面体成形の試み

抄録

In this paper, spherical surface molding of polymer using a liquid mold system is described. A liquid droplet has spherical surfaces at the liquid-liquid interface due to interfacial tension. The curvature of the spherical surface is determined by the degree of interfacial tension applied at each interface. Interfacial tension between some liquids was measured, and the shape of a photopolymer droplet between the liquids was calculated. Ultraviolet light was irradiated onto a photopolymer droplet located at the liquid-liquid interface, using a superhigh-pressure mercury lamp. Photopolymer droplets solidified and lens-shaped objects were produced. Cross sections of these objects were observed, and the curvatures of the spherical sufaces were found to correlate with the interfacial tension. A spherical solid was formed at a water/salt solution interface. The possibility of forming various spherical surfaces by exploiting liquid-liquid interfaces was revealed.