Issue 9, 2014
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Soft Matter

Photo-tuning of highly selective wetting in inverse opals†

Thomas A. Singleton,a   Ian B. Burgess,*b   Bryan A. Nerger,bc   Alexis Goulet-Hanssens,a   Natalie Koay,b   Christopher J. Barretta  and  Joanna Aizenbergbd  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

b Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
E-mail: ibburges@fas.harvard.edu

c University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

d School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Abstract

Crack-free inverse opals exhibit a sharply defined threshold wettability for infiltration that has enabled their use as colourimetric indicators for liquid identification. Here we demonstrate direct and continuous photo-tuning of this wetting threshold in inverse opals whose surfaces are functionalized with a polymer doped with azobenzene chromophores.

Graphical abstract: Photo-tuning of highly selective wetting in inverse opals

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3SM52684D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Oct 2013
Accepted
19 Nov 2013
First published
20 Nov 2013

Soft Matter, 2014,10, 1325-1328

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Photo-tuning of highly selective wetting in inverse opals

T. A. Singleton, I. B. Burgess, B. A. Nerger, A. Goulet-Hanssens, N. Koay, C. J. Barrett and J. Aizenberg, Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 1325 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM52684D

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