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Electrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020), Nature Communications, Nature communications, vol 11, iss 1
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2020.
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Abstract
- Manipulating liquids with tunable shape and optical functionalities in real time is important for electroactive flow devices and optoelectronic devices, but remains a great challenge. Here, we demonstrate electrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets in an electrochemical cell. We observe electrowetting and merging of sulfur droplets under different potentiostatic conditions, and successfully control these processes via selective design of sulfiphilic/sulfiphobic substrates. Moreover, we employ the electrowetting phenomena to create a microlens based on the liquid sulfur microdroplets and tune its characteristics in real time through changing the shape of the liquid microdroplets in a fast, repeatable, and controlled manner. These studies demonstrate a powerful in situ optical battery platform for unraveling the complex reaction mechanism of sulfur chemistries and for exploring the rich material properties of the liquid sulfur, which shed light on the applications of liquid sulfur droplets in devices such as microlenses, and potentially other electrotunable and optoelectronic devices.<br />Manipulating liquids with tunable shape and optical functionalities in real time remains a great challenge. Here, the authors demonstrate electrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets in an electrochemical cell and tune its characteristics in a fast, repeatable, and controlled manner.
- Subjects :
- Battery (electricity)
Materials science
Science
General Physics and Astronomy
chemistry.chemical_element
Nanotechnology
02 engineering and technology
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Article
Electrochemical cell
Electrochemistry
Optical materials and structures
lcsh:Science
Microlens
Multidisciplinary
General Chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Sulfur
0104 chemical sciences
chemistry
Electrowetting
Materials chemistry
lcsh:Q
0210 nano-technology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2ae3906d967a7419b7db84f816381830