Imperial College London
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Professor Saiz

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials

Chair in Structural Ceramics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6779e.saiz

 
 
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Location

 

LM04.BRoyal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Li:2021:10.1098/rsif.2021.0162,
author = {Li, C and Li, M and Ni, Z and Guan, Q and Blackman, BRK and Saiz, E},
doi = {10.1098/rsif.2021.0162},
journal = {Journal of the Royal Society Interface},
title = {Stimuli-responsive surfaces for switchable wettability and adhesion},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0162},
volume = {18},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Diverse unique surfaces exist in nature, e.g. lotus leaf, rose petal and rice leaf. They show similar contact angles but different adhesion properties. According to the different wettability and adhesion characteristics, this review reclassifies different contact states of droplets on surfaces. Inspired by the biological surfaces, smart artificial surfaces have been developed which respond to external stimuli and consequently switch between different states. Responsive surfaces driven by various stimuli, e.g. stretching, magnetic, photo, electric, temperature, humidity and pH, are discussed. Studies reporting on either atmospheric or underwater environments are discussed. The application of tailoring surface wettability and adhesion includes microfluidics/droplet manipulation, liquid transport and harvesting, water energy harvesting and flexible smart devices. Particular attention is placed on the horizontal comparison of smart surfaces with the same stimuli. Finally, the current challenges and future prospects in this field are also identified.
AU  - Li,C
AU  - Li,M
AU  - Ni,Z
AU  - Guan,Q
AU  - Blackman,BRK
AU  - Saiz,E
DO  - 10.1098/rsif.2021.0162
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1742-5662
TI  - Stimuli-responsive surfaces for switchable wettability and adhesion
T2  - Journal of the Royal Society Interface
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0162
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000664872500001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/100268
VL  - 18
ER  -
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