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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Langmuir. 2010 Nov 2;26(21):16534–16539. doi: 10.1021/la1013889

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Optical images of all-polymeric sub-mm scale polyhedra self-assembled from a 2D template composed of SU-8 panels and PCL hinges. Scale bars are 250 μm; pores are outlined using red dotted lines to highlight surface patterning. The all-polymeric 2D panels had both rotating and locking hinges. (a) Isotropically patterned six-faced polymer cubes. The cube on top has a 500 μm side length and 73 μm squared pores while the cube on the bottom has a 1 mm side length and a single 500 μm squared pore on each face. (b) 500 μm side length dodecahedron, with 250 μm side length pentagonal pores on each face. We wish to emphasize that unlike the other 3D patterned structures described in the paper, these structures have sub-mm (and not nano) scale dimensions. We believe that it will be possible to scale the assembly of all-polymeric structures down to the nanoscale once the required 2D patterned templates can be fabricated.