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Asymmetric Dewetting: Printing Patterned Fine 3D Structures by Manipulating the Three Phase Contact Line (Adv. Funct. Mater. 15/2015)
Author(s) -
Wu Lei,
Dong Zhichao,
Kuang Minxuan,
Li Yanan,
Li Fengyu,
Jiang Lei,
Song Yanlin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201570105
Subject(s) - dewetting , materials science , nanotechnology , 3d printing , line (geometry) , contact angle , surface energy , phase (matter) , line width , microcontact printing , wetting , surface (topology) , composite material , optics , thin film , geometry , chemistry , mathematics , physics , organic chemistry
On page 2237, Y. Song, F. Y. Li, and co‐workers demonstrate a facile strategy to directly print controllable 3D structures and morphologies from one droplet. Through designing hydrophilic pattern on hydrophobic surface, the surface energy difference results in asymmetric retraction of the three phase contact line, which leads to various 3D structures. This idea to precisely print the 3D structures could open a new avenue for controllable 3D manufacture.