简介:Wefirstreportafabricationtechniqueofnanoscalespecklepatternsonpolymersusingbroadionbeammilling.Theproposedtechniqueissimpleandlow-costtoproducespecklesrangingfromdozensofnanometerstolessthanthreemicrometersinalargeareaofseveralmillimeters.Randompatternsweresuccessfullyproducedwithanargon(Ar)ionbeamonthesurfacesoffourkindsofpolymers:theepoxymatrixofcarbonfiberreinforcedplastic,polyester,polyvinylformal-acetal,andpolyimide.Thespecklemorphologiesslightlyvarywithdifferentpolymers.Thefabricatedspecklepatternshavegoodtimestabilityandarepromisingtobeusedtomeasurethenanoscaledeformationsofpolymersusingthedigitalimagecorrelationmethod.