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Inside Cover: Surface Wetting in Liquid–Liquid–Solid Triphase Systems: Solid‐Phase‐Independent Transition at the Liquid–Liquid Interface by Lewis Acid–Base Interactions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 33/2012)
Author(s) -
Liu Mingjie,
Xue Zhongxin,
Liu Huan,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201205174
Subject(s) - wetting , surface tension , wetting transition , chemical engineering , phase transition , materials science , solid surface , phase (matter) , liquid liquid , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , chromatography , chemical physics , composite material , thermodynamics , physics , engineering
Lewis acid–base interactions at the oil–water interface can greatly decrease the liquid–liquid interfacial tension and induce an oleophilic‐to‐superoleophobic wetting transition on a nonresponsive microstructured surface. In their Communication on page 8348 ff. , L. Jiang and co‐workers report a strategy for tunable surface wettability that is independent of the solid phase. Oil‐water‐solid triphase systems may find new applications in chemical reactions.