Issue 14, 2012

Light-controlled quick switch of adhesion on a micro-arrayed liquid crystal polymer superhydrophobic film

Abstract

A micro-arrayed liquid crystal polymer film, cross-linked in the nematic phase, was successfully prepared from an optimized azobenzene precursor and polydimethylsiloxane-soft-template-based secondary replication. Regulated by alternating irradiation of UV-visible light (365 nm/530 nm), the micro-arrayed film showed an ideal quick (<1 min) and reversible switch of superhydrophobic adhesion.

Graphical abstract: Light-controlled quick switch of adhesion on a micro-arrayed liquid crystal polymer superhydrophobic film

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Dec 2011
Accepted
13 Feb 2012
First published
29 Feb 2012

Soft Matter, 2012,8, 3730-3733

Light-controlled quick switch of adhesion on a micro-arrayed liquid crystal polymer superhydrophobic film

C. Li, F. Cheng, J. Lv, Y. Zhao, M. Liu, L. Jiang and Y. Yu, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3730 DOI: 10.1039/C2SM07471K

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