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“Water Strider” Legs with a Self‐Assembled Coating of Single‐Crystalline Nanowires of an Organic Semiconductor
Author(s) -
Jiang Lang,
Yao Xi,
Li Hongxiang,
Fu Yanyan,
Chen Li,
Meng Qing,
Hu Wenping,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200901254
Subject(s) - nanowire , materials science , semiconductor , organic semiconductor , nanotechnology , copper , coating , self assembly , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , metallurgy , engineering
Superhydrophobic surfaces composed of single‐crystalline nanowires of an organic semiconductor are demonstrated by model water striders. Model copper water striders with self‐assembled crystalline nanowires on their “legs” can nicely “stand” on the surface of water. 1.0 mg of such nanowires could support a 372 mg model strider, indicating the striking water‐repellent ability of the model legs (see image).