The light-driven macroscopic directional motion of a water droplet on an azobenzene-calix[4]arene modified surface

Fei Zhu; Shiliang Tan; Manivannan Kalavathi Dhinakaran; Jing Cheng; Haibing Li

doi:10.1039/d0cc00519c

The light-driven macroscopic directional motion of a water droplet on an azobenzene-calix[4]arene modified surface

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Sep 17;56(74):10922-10925. doi: 10.1039/d0cc00519c.

Authors

Fei Zhu¹, Shiliang Tan¹, Manivannan Kalavathi Dhinakaran¹, Jing Cheng¹, Haibing Li¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Pesticide and Chemical Biology (CCNU), Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China. [email protected] [email protected].

PMID: 32808622
DOI: 10.1039/d0cc00519c

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.