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The light-driven macroscopic directional motion of a water droplet on an azobenzene-calix[4]arene modified surface
Fei Zhu1, Shiliang Tan1, Manivannan Kalavathi Dhinakaran1
1Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China. 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.

