화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.138, No.32, 10299-10303, 2016
Fractal Surfaces of Molecular Crystals Mimicking Lotus Leaf with Phototunable Double Roughness Structures
Double roughness structure, the origin of the lotus effect of natural lotus leaf, was successfully reproduced on a diarylethene microcrystalline surface. Static superwater-repellency and dynamic water drop -bouncing were observed on the surface, in the manner of natural lotus leaves. Double roughness structure was essential for water-drop bouncing. This ability was not observed on a single roughness microcrystalline surface showing the lotus effect of the same diarylethene derivative. The double roughness structure was reversibly controlled by alternating irradiation with UV and visible light.