TY - JOUR A1 - Straus, Izidor A1 - Kravanja, Gaia A1 - Hribar, Luka A1 - Kriegl, Raphael A1 - Jezeršek, Matija A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Drevenšek‐Olenik, Irena A1 - Kokot, Gašper T1 - Surface Modification of Magnetoactive Elastomers by Laser Micromachining JF - Materials N2 - It has been recently demonstrated that laser micromachining of magnetoactive elastomers is a very convenient method for fabricating dynamic surface microstructures with magnetically tunable properties, such as wettability and surface reflectivity. In this study, we investigate the impact of the micromachining process on the fabricated material’s structural properties and its chemical composition. By employing scanning electron microscopy, we investigate changes in size distribution and spatial arrangement of carbonyl iron microparticles dispersed in the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix as a function of laser irradiation. Based on the images obtained by a low vacuum secondary electron detector, we analyze modifications of the surface topography. The results show that most profound modifications occur during the low-exposure (8 J/cm^2) treatment of the surface with the laser beam. Our findings provide important insights for developing theoretical models of functional properties of laser-sculptured microstructures from magnetoactive elastomers. KW - magnetoactive elastomer KW - MAE KW - laser micromachining KW - particle distributions KW - SEM Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071550 N1 - This research was funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS): research programs P1-0192, P2-0392, and research project J1-3006. The work of R.K. and M.S. in Regensburg was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), project number 437391117. VL - 2024 IS - 17 / 7 PB - MDPI AG CY - Basel, Switzerland ER -