Photo-switchable smart superhydrophobic surface with controllable superwettability
Xiaoyan Yang, Haibao Jin, Xinfeng Tao, Binbin Xu, Shaoliang Lin
Abstract
An azobenzene-based smart superhydrophobic surface undergoes reversible transformations among multiple bioinspired superwetting states through photo-manipulation, demonstrating promising potential on a rewritable platform for droplet transportation.
Topics & Concepts
Surface (topology)Materials scienceComputer scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyMathematicsGeometrySurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsFluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer