A Reactive Superhydrophobic Platform for Living Photolithography. Issue 36 (9th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xie, Xinjian; Chen, Xinghao; Levkin, Pavel A.; Feng, Wenqian
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 34:Issue 36(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2022-08-09
• Subjects: (bio)chemical patterns -- droplets microarrays -- lab on chip -- living photolithography -- reactive superhydrophobic surfaces; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.202203619
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract: Superhydrophobic surfaces with regional functions have widespread applications in biotechnology, diagnostic applications, and micro‐chemical synthesis and analysis. However, owing to their chemical inertness, superhydrophobic surfaces with chemical reactivity are difficult to achieve. Superhydrophobic surfaces that can be further modified with varied densities and expanded species of the functional moieties are not readily available. In this study, a single‐step approach to achieve a reactive superhydrophobic surface is reported, on which chemical grafting of a library of molecules can be carried out through surface‐initiated atom‐transfer radical addition or surface‐initiated atom‐transfer radical polymerization. The excellent spatial and temporal controllability of these chemical processes under visible light enables us to take advantage of programmed liquid‐crystal‐display (LCD) or Digital Light Processing (DLP) photolithography systems to effortlessly regulate the location, density, and species of the functional molecules on the reactive superhydrophobic surface. The distinctive properties of this surface will provide new insight into intelligent superhydrophobic material development and practical applications, such as aqueous/oil microdroplets array, multi‐anti‐counterfeiting labels and integrated microfluidic reactors with enzymes for chemical logic learning. Abstract : A facile approach for single‐step fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces with chemical reactivity is presented for photolithography in a living manner. The spatial and temporal controllability of the surface configuration under visible light enables the regulation of the location, density, and species of the functional molecules on the reactive surface, and formation of aqueous/oil microdroplets arrays, anti‐counterfeiting labels, and integrated enzyme biochips.