Photoreversibly Switchable Superhydrophobic Surface with Erasable and Rewritable Pattern Export

@article{citeulike:5630134, abstract = {PMID: 17090019 We report the facile fabrication of a functional nanoporous multilayer film with wettability that is reversibly tunable between superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity with UV/visible irradiation. Our approach controls surface roughness with an electrostatic self-assembly process and makes use of the photoresponsive molecular switching of fluorinated azobenzene molecules. Selective UV irradiation onto the nanostructured substrate was used to realize substrates with erasable and rewritable patterns of extreme wetting properties. Our findings will open up new avenues for external stimuli-responsive smart surfaces.}, author = {Lim, Ho S. and Han, Joong T. and Kwak, Donghoon and Jin, Meihua and Cho, Kilwon}, citeulike-article-id = {5630134}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja0655901}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja0655901}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1021/ja0655901}, journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society}, keywords = {azo, polymer, switching, wetting}, month = {November}, number = {45}, pages = {14458--14459}, posted-at = {2009-08-24 09:59:41}, priority = {2}, title = {Photoreversibly Switchable Superhydrophobic Surface with Erasable and Rewritable Pattern}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja0655901}, volume = {128}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5630134 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5630134 N2 - PMID: 17090019 We report the facile fabrication of a functional nanoporous multilayer film with wettability that is reversibly tunable between superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity with UV/visible irradiation. Our approach controls surface roughness with an electrostatic self-assembly process and makes use of the photoresponsive molecular switching of fluorinated azobenzene molecules. Selective UV irradiation onto the nanostructured substrate was used to realize substrates with erasable and rewritable patterns of extreme wetting properties. Our findings will open up new avenues for external stimuli-responsive smart surfaces. IS - 45 JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society EP - 14459 TI - Photoreversibly Switchable Superhydrophobic Surface with Erasable and Rewritable Pattern VL - 128 SP - 14458 KW - azo KW - polymer KW - switching KW - wetting AU - Lim, Ho AU - Han, Joong AU - Kwak, Donghoon AU - Jin, Meihua AU - Cho, Kilwon PY - 2006/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja0655901 ER -