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Amphibious superlyophobic shape memory arrays with tunable wettability in both air and water

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Smart superwetting surfaces with ability to reversibly adjust wettability in different surroundings have significant value in realistic application. However, it is still difficult to obtain amphibious superlyophobicity (superhydrophobicity in air and superoleophobicity under-water) on the identical surface, let alone tunable wetting performances. Herein, a smart amphibious shape memory polymer (SMP) surface is introduced. The surface can simultaneously display the superhydrophobicity in air and superoleophobicity under-water. Moreover, due to the excellent shape memory property, its wetting performance in both air and water can be reversibly changed with the variation of surface micro/nanostructures. Finally, based on the shape memory microstructure and tunable wettability, diverse microstructure patterns were repeatedly designed and created on the surface, and programmable droplet storages in both air and water were demonstrated, proving that the surface has the ability to achieve amphibious applications. The work provides a fresh idea for designing novel superwetting surfaces; meanwhile, the special shape memory microstructure and tunable amphibious wettings endow the surface with great practical values in some potential applications such as microdroplet manipulation, bio-detection, and micro-reaction.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Grant Nos. 22075061, 51790502, 51902070).

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    Yingbin Song, Hua Lai, Zhongjun Cheng, Hongjun Kang, Dongjie Zhang, Zhimin Fan & Yuyan Liu

  2. National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology On Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, P. R. China

    Zhimin Xie & Youshan Wang

  3. Shanghai Institute of Space Power-Sources/State Key Laboratory of Space Power-Sources Technology, Shanghai, 201100, P. R. China

    Xiaoyu Jiao

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Song, Y., Lai, H., Jiao, X. et al. Amphibious superlyophobic shape memory arrays with tunable wettability in both air and water. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 5, 788–797 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-021-00363-5

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