The light-driven macroscopic directional motion of a water droplet on an azobenzene–calix[4]arene modified surface

Fei Zhu; Shiliang Tan; Manivannan Kalavathi Dhinakaran; Jing Cheng; Haibing Li

doi:10.1039/D0CC00519C

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The light-driven macroscopic directional motion of a water droplet on an azobenzene–calix[4]arene modified surface†

Fei Zhu,^a Shiliang Tan,^a Manivannan Kalavathi Dhinakaran,^a Jing Cheng

*^a and Haibing Li

*^a

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^a Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
E-mail: chengjingok@mail.ccnu.edu.cn, lhbing@mail.ccnu.edu.cn

Abstract

A novel photo-responsive surface was constructed via modifying azobenzene-calix[4]arene (ABC4) on a microstructured silicon surface. Asymmetric UV light irradiation could drive the macroscopic directional motion of a water droplet on this photo-responsive surface.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC00519C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 19 Jan 2020
Accepted: 03 Aug 2020
First published: 05 Aug 2020

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Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 10922-10925

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F. Zhu, S. Tan, M. K. Dhinakaran, J. Cheng and H. Li, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 10922 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00519C

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The light-driven macroscopic directional motion of a water droplet on an azobenzene–calix[4]arene modified surface†

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