Stretchable superhydrophobic elastomers with on-demand tunable wettability for droplet manipulation and multi-stage reaction
Xiaohong Ding, Yunchi Cai, Guofei Lu, Jiapeng Hu, Jinyun Zhao, Longhui Zheng, Zixiang Weng, Huanyu Cheng, Jing Lin, Lixin Wu
Abstract
We report a facile approach to fabricating stretchable superhydrophobic surfaces with different microstructures (arc-shaped or V-shaped air pockets) for multi-stage liquid droplet micro-reactors.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceWettingElastomerOn demandNanotechnologyMicrostructureContact angleStage (stratigraphy)Composite materialComputer scienceMultimediaPaleontologyBiologySurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsNanomaterials and Printing Technologies