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Organogels: Temperature‐Driven Switching of Water Adhesion on Organogel Surface (Adv. Mater. 12/2014)
Author(s) -
Yao Xi,
Ju Jie,
Yang Shuai,
Wang Jianjun,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2014
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.201470079
Subject(s) - materials science , adhesion , swelling , composite material , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , engineering
On the colder side of a novel organogel prepared by swelling n‐paraffin in PDMS gel, water drops are firmly pinned. On the warmer side, water drops slide away. On page 1895, J. Wang and co‐workers investigate the thermally controllable switching adhesion behavior on such organogel surfaces. The reversible Wenzel/slippery state transition is concluded to be responsible for such a phenomenon.