由多反应性表面活性剂驱动的机械化和反应性液滴系统
Zhijie Yang1, Jingjing Wei1, Yaroslav I Sobolev1
1Center for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan 44919, South Korea.
Nature
|January 11, 2018
概括
研究人员使用纳米粒子二极体开发了多反应性表面活性剂. 这些新型表面活性剂可以同时控制液滴的磁场,光学和电场,从而实现复杂的组装和反应序列.
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 体和表面化学
- 纳米技术
背景情况:
- 活性表面活性剂对单个刺激 (例如温度,光,场) 产生反应.
- 在一个表面活性剂中结合多种刺激反应是具有挑战性的,但提供了先进的控制.
- 现有的方法缺乏复杂的液滴操纵和动态组装的灵活性.
研究的目的:
- 设计和描述新的多反应性表面活性剂.
- 通过使用磁场,光学和电场来同时控制液滴.
- 探索液滴组合成动态结构和控制化学反应.
主要方法:
- 作为表面活性成分的功能化纳米粒子二极体的合成.
- 使用磁场,光学和电场进行滴滴操纵.
- 观察滴水组合,旋转,合并和界面干扰现象.
主要成果:
- 通过磁场,光学和电场证明了滴滴的同时可寻址性.
- 实现了表面活性剂覆盖的液滴的层次和动态组装.
- 展示了滴滴旋转,扭矩转移,场诱导的合并,以及复杂的"斑块"结构的形成.
- 使用组合刺激控制滴滴方向,运输,混合和反应序列.
结论:
- 基于纳米粒子二极体的多反应性表面活性剂为液滴提供了前所未有的控制.
- 这些表面活性剂使动态组装,复杂结构形成和受控化学反应成为可能.
- 开发的系统为微流体应用和动态材料设计提供了多功能平台.
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