Liquid Wells as Self-Healing, Functional Analogues to Solid Vessels.

ABSTRACT: Liquids are traditionally handled and stored in solid vessels. Solid walls are not functional, adaptive, or self-repairing, and are difficult to remove and re-form. Liquid walls can overcome these limitations, but cannot form free-standing 3D walls. Herein, a liquid analogue of a well, termed a "liquid well" is introduced. Water tethered to a surface with hydrophobic-hydrophilic core-shell patterns forms stable liquid walls capable of containing another immiscible fluid, similar to fluid confinement by solid walls. Liquid wells with different liquids, volumes, and shapes are prepared and investigated by confocal and Raman microscopy. The confinement of various low-surface-tension liquids (LSTLs) on surfaces by liquid wells can compete with or be complementary to existing confinement strate

SUBMITTER: Scheiger JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11469745 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature