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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201902686
Keywords
anisotropic; covalently grafted slippery surfaces; droplet; bubble transportation; omniphobic; self-cleaning
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Directional transportation and collection of liquids and bubbles are highly desirable in human life and industrial production. As one of the most promising types of functional surfaces, the reported anisotropic slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) demonstrate unique advantages in liquid directional transportation. However, anisotropic SLIPSs readily suffer from the depletion of lubricant when used to manipulate droplets and bubbles, which leads to unstable surface properties. Therefore, fabricating stable anisotropic slippery surfaces for the directional transportation of drops and bubbles remains a challenge. Here, stable anisotropic covalently grafted slippery surfaces are fabricated by grafting polydimethylsiloxane molecular brushes onto directional microgrooved surfaces. The fabricated surfaces show remarkable anisotropic omniphobic sliding behaviors towards droplets with different surface tensions ranging from 72.8 to 37.7 mN m(-1) in air and towards bubbles underwater. Impressively, the surface maintains outstanding stability for the transportation of droplets (in air) and air bubbles (underwater) even after 240 d. Furthermore, anisotropic self-cleaning towards various dust particles in air and directional bubble collection underwater are achieved on this surface. This stable anisotropic slippery surface has great potential for applications in the directional transportation of liquids and bubbles, microfluidic devices, directional drag reduction, directional antifouling, and beyond.
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