Unidirectional Wetting of Liquids on “Janus” Nanostructure Arrays Under Various Media.
writer：Peng Ge, Shuli Wang, Wendong Liu, Tieqiang Wang, Nianzuo Yu, Shunsheng Ye, Huaizhong Shen, Yuxin
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source：期刊
specific source：Langmuir
Issue time：2017年
e report the unidirectional wetting behavior of liquids
(water and oil) on Janus silicon cylinder arrays (Si-CAs) under various
media (air, water, and oil). The Janus cylinders were prepared by
chemical modi?cation of nanocylinders with di?erent molecules on two
sides. Through adjusting surface energies of the modi?ed molecules, the
as-prepared surfaces could control the wetting behavior of di?erent types
of liquids under various media. We discuss the regularity systematically
and propose a strategy for preparing anisotropic wetting surfaces under
arbitrary media. That is, to ?nd two surface modi?cation molecules with
di?erent surface energies, one of the molecules is easy to be wetted by
the liquid under the corresponding media, while the other one is di?cult.
Additionally, by introducing thermal-responsive polymer brushes onto
one part of Janus Si-CAs, the surfaces show thermal-responsive
anisotropic wetting property under various media. We believe that due
to the excellent unidirectional wettability under various media, the Janus surfaces could be applied in water/oil transportation, oil-
repellent and self-cleaning coatings, water/oil separation, micro?uidics, and so on.