Photocontrolled directional transport using water-in-oil droplets
Yang Xiao, Nicolas Martino, Klaudia Wagner, Geoffrey M. Spinks, David L. Officer, Paweł Wagner
Abstract
Photocontrolled directional transport in both 2D and 3D of water-in-oil droplets was achieved by merocyanine/spiropyran photoisomerization in the droplet.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistrySpiropyranMerocyaninePhotoisomerizationOil dropletPhotochemistryChemical engineeringNanotechnologyIsomerizationOrganic chemistryPhotochromismCatalysisEmulsionMaterials scienceEngineeringInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationElectrowetting and Microfluidic TechnologiesPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry