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Structured Liquids with pH‐Triggered Reconfigurability
Author(s) -
Huang Caili,
Sun Zhiwei,
Cui Mengmeng,
Liu Feng,
Helms Brett A.,
Russell Thomas P.
Publication year - 2016
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.201600691
Subject(s) - reconfigurability , nanoparticle , materials science , field (mathematics) , nanotechnology , state (computer science) , polymer , pulmonary surfactant , service (business) , computer science , chemical engineering , telecommunications , engineering , mathematics , algorithm , pure mathematics , composite material , economy , economics
Through pH‐tuning of electrostatic interactions between polymer ligands and nanoparticles at structured‐liquid interfaces, liquid droplets can be directed between a jammed nonequilibrium state and a dynamic reconfigurable state. The nanoparticle‐surfactant dynamics highly depend on the pH, so that the liquids can be structured using an external field and under variation of pH, or alternatively being realized by remote photo‐triggering.