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@article{Hu:2019:10.1021/acsami.9b04020,
author = {Hu, S and Cao, X and Reddyhoff, T and Puhan, D and Huang, W and Shi, X and Peng, Z and Dini, D},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.9b04020},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
pages = {20528--20534},
title = {Three-dimensional printed surfaces inspired by bi-Gaussian stratified plateaus},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b04020},
volume = {11},
year = {2019}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Wettability of artificial surfaces is attracting increasing attention for its relevant technological applications. Functional performance is often achieved by mimicking the topographical structures found in natural flora and fauna; however, surface attributes inspired by geological landscapes have so far escaped attention. We reproduced a stratified morphology of plateaus with a bi-Gaussian height distribution using a three-dimensional direct laser lithography. The plateau-inspired artificial surface exhibits a hydrophobic behavior even if fabricated from a hydrophilic material, giving rise to a new wetting mechanism that divides the well-known macroscopic Wenzel and Cassie states into four substates. We have also successfully applied the plateau-inspired structure to droplet manipulation.
AU - Hu,S
AU - Cao,X
AU - Reddyhoff,T
AU - Puhan,D
AU - Huang,W
AU - Shi,X
AU - Peng,Z
AU - Dini,D
DO - 10.1021/acsami.9b04020
EP - 20534
PY - 2019///
SN - 1944-8244
SP - 20528
TI - Three-dimensional printed surfaces inspired by bi-Gaussian stratified plateaus
T2 - ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b04020
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31091076
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/70349
VL - 11
ER -