Mimicking the rice leaf-from ordered binary structures to anisotropic wettability

Difu Zhu, Xiao Li, Gang Zhang, Xun Zhang, Xuemin Zhang, Tieqiang Wang, Bai Yang

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Abstract

In this paper, we report a method to fabricate a series of surfaces with large-area ordered binary arrays by controllable dewetting. The binary structure arrays consist of an ordered-stripe array and droplet-row array. In order to expand the system, polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) are introduced in this experiment for investigation in detail. Through adjustment of the polymer solution concentration and the modified underlying pattern on substrate, the surface topographies can be controlled simply. Accordingly, three types of topographies with ordered binary arrays have been obtained by thermal annealing. These unique surfaces mimic the natural rice leaf structurally, which also displays anisotropic wettability for water droplet as natural surfaces. This method points out a new way for the manufacture of functional surfaces.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)14276-14283
Number of pages8
JournalLangmuir
Volume26
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 7 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Spectroscopy
  • Electrochemistry

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