'Semi-closed' microfluidics systems in the modification of surface adhesion
- When the majority of efforts to control adhesion from surfaces currently focus on a direct modification of the surface, either chemically or physically, perhaps a non-superficial approach where the action occurs underneath the surface can provide a competitive alternative. In this comment we highlight a methodology used to control adhesion from flexible surfaces. This is based on 'semi-closed' flexible microfluidics systems. Three basic functionalities are derived from this methodology. In one case the system is used to improve adhesion; in an extreme opposite case to prevent adhesion and in a somehow intermediate functionality it provides a switchable system in which the surface can be reversibly changed from adhesive to non-adhesive.
| Document Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Author: | Lizbeth Ofelia Prieto-LópezORCiD, Jiaxi CuiORCiD |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291:415-4317 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0398.1000200 |
| ISSN: | 2161-0398 |
| Parent Title (English): | Journal of Physical Chemistry & Biophysics |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagenumber: | 200 |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2016 |
| Date of final exam: | 2016/01/25 |
| Release Date: | 2022/11/18 |
| Tag: | fibres; fluids; microfluidics systems; semi-closed |
| Researchfields: | Grenzflächenmaterialien |
| Open Access: | Open Access |
| Signature: | INM 2016/42 |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
