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. 2016 Jul 5;113(29):8087–8092. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1522700113

Fig. S1.

Fig. S1.

A thin uniform layer of PEMA/POSS is coated on the exposed surface of a creased polyurethane elastomer via viscous withdrawal from PEMA/POSS/Asahiklin solution. (A) A schematic illustration of the dynamic meniscus in the viscous withdrawal coating process with a vertical withdrawal speed of U0.1m/sh and lc indicate the thickness of the coated solution layer and the capillary length, respectively. (B) A cross-sectional SEM image of the PEMA/POSS-coated polyurethane elastomer. The thickness of the dry PEMA/POSS layer is about 1 μm, in good agreement with the predicted result by scaling analysis of the viscous withdrawal process. The thickness of the PEMA/POSS layer is measured at five different spots across a surface with lateral dimensions of 5 × 5 cm and the results are within 10% variation, indicating a uniform coating layer is achieved through the viscous withdrawal coating process.