Premium
Slippery Surfaces: Anisotropic Slippery Surfaces: Electric‐Driven Smart Control of a Drop's Slide (Adv. Mater. 32/2016)
Author(s) -
Guo Tianqi,
Che Pengda,
Heng Liping,
Fan Lizhen,
Jiang Lei
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.201670220
Subject(s) - materials science , anisotropy , silicone oil , drop (telecommunication) , electrical conductor , porosity , composite material , silicone , optics , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering
Inspired by the anisotropic sliding behavior present in pitcher plants, on page 6999 L. P. Heng, L. Z. Fan, and co‐workers present anisotropic slippery surfaces composed of directional, porous, conductive poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) fibers and silicone oil, which exhibit excellent anisotropic sliding properties for several liquid droplets. More impressively, they successfully obtain reversible control of conductive liquid droplets sliding on these surfaces under the application of voltage.