UV-driven self-replenishing slippery surfaces with programmable droplet-guiding pathways
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A(2020)
摘要
Smart surfaces with special wettability properties have attracted remarkable attention due to the potential for extensive applications in liquid manipulation techniques. However, the challenges in lubricant-wastage and the programmable droplet sliding pathway remain. Here, a silicon oil-infused porous slippery surface was fabricated with UV-responsive controllable wettability (UVRS), and then, the UVRS was integrated with a non-UV-responsive slippery surface (NUVRS) to form composite UV-responsive surfaces (CUVRSs). Due to the conformational transformation of the azobenzene groups under UV light irradiation, the lubricant lost from the surface could be self-replenished, eventually rebuilding a new lubricant layer to re-form the slippery surface. Besides, the color of the exposed surface changed simultaneously, thus providing a new way to monitor the wettability changes and droplet sliding route. By adjusting the design of the "cutting patterns" on NUVRSs and the pattern of the UV masks, the droplet-guiding channels could be programmed orderly. In addition, these programmable droplet pathways could not only be used for point-to-point liquid transportation but also for constructing tailored microfluidic- and micro-reactors. These findings provide a novel way to rebuild smart slippery surfaces and design programmable droplet sliding pathways, thus advancing the application of intelligent slippery surfaces in liquid manipulation, microfluidics and micro-reactor settings.
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