Advanced Functional Materials, Vol.22, No.4, 760-763, 2012
In Situ Fully Light-Driven Switching of Superhydrophobic Adhesion
An in situ fully light-driven switching of superhydrophobic adhesion is demonstrated based on simply spin-coating a hydrophobic azo-polymer on an optimized micro-nanopost arrayed silicon substrate. Furthermore, the detailed designing principles are discussed, which might shed light on efficient exploitation of superhydrophobic liquid/solid interfaces for smart microfluidic control.