The manipulation of fast,unidirectional motion for large droplets shows important applications in the fields of fog collection and biochemical reactions.However,driving large droplets(>5μL)to move directionally an...The manipulation of fast,unidirectional motion for large droplets shows important applications in the fields of fog collection and biochemical reactions.However,driving large droplets(>5μL)to move directionally and quickly remains challenging due to the nonnegligible volume force.Herein,we fabricated a scalable,bionic peristome substrate with a microcavity width of 180μm using a 3D printing method,which could unidirectionally drive a large water droplet(~8μL)at a speed reaching 12.5 mm/s by temperature-responsive wettability.The substrate surface was grafted with PNIPAAm,which could reversibly change its wettability in response to temperature,thereby enabling a temperature-responsive smart surface that could regulate droplet movement in real-time by changing the temperature.A series of temperature-responsive smart patterns were designed to induce water transport along specific paths to further realize controllable droplet motion with the antibacterial treatment of predesignated areas.The ability to achieve temperature-responsive unidirectional motion and dynamic control of droplet movement could allow programmable fluidic biosensors and precision medical devices.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52005222,12272151,and 52105057)Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)for Basic Theory and Key Technology of Tri-Co Robots(92248301)+3 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant no.BK20200916)Key Research Project of Zhejiang lab(No.K2022NB0AC04)Open Fund for Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering(Ministry of Education)of Jilin University(K202207)Qing Lan Project and 333 Project of Jiangsu Province.
文摘The manipulation of fast,unidirectional motion for large droplets shows important applications in the fields of fog collection and biochemical reactions.However,driving large droplets(>5μL)to move directionally and quickly remains challenging due to the nonnegligible volume force.Herein,we fabricated a scalable,bionic peristome substrate with a microcavity width of 180μm using a 3D printing method,which could unidirectionally drive a large water droplet(~8μL)at a speed reaching 12.5 mm/s by temperature-responsive wettability.The substrate surface was grafted with PNIPAAm,which could reversibly change its wettability in response to temperature,thereby enabling a temperature-responsive smart surface that could regulate droplet movement in real-time by changing the temperature.A series of temperature-responsive smart patterns were designed to induce water transport along specific paths to further realize controllable droplet motion with the antibacterial treatment of predesignated areas.The ability to achieve temperature-responsive unidirectional motion and dynamic control of droplet movement could allow programmable fluidic biosensors and precision medical devices.
