Scratch recovery of micro-nano-patterned polymer surfaces extends the service life of products that require tunable surface properties and contributes to more sustainable development. Scratch recovery has been widely studied in bulk and 4D-printed polymers via intrinsic self-healing mechanisms. Existing studies on self-healing of micro/nano-scale polymeric surfaces are limited to the recovery of controlled tensile or compressive strain. Scratch recovery requires material transport to close the gap created by a scratch. Here, for the first time, scratch recovery of thermally nanoimprinted polymer surfaces in a heterogeneous polymer is reported. A blend of Polyurethane (TPU) and poly(caprolactone) (PCL) with selectively crosslinked TPU imparts shape-memory properties, and the uncrosslinked PCL retains chain mobility for molecular diffusion during scratch recovery. Scratch recovery of nanoimprinted micro-pillars has been achieved spontaneously and completely by heat and without any pressure input. The healing temperature is determined to be the melting point of PCL at 60 °C. Rapid recovery is also achieved at 60 s with complete closure of scratch width of 5 µm and topography recovery of the nanoimprinted micro-pillars.
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