title: Smart transportation between three phases through a stimulus-responsive functionally cooperating device.
abstract: A "smart", functionally cooperating device consisting of a platinum strip and steel bead inside a nickel foam cube with a temperature-responsive polymer coating shows a diving-surfacing cycle when the water temperature first falls below and then rises above the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of the polymer, which marks the change from superhydrophobicity to superhydrophilicity. Furthermore, the smart device allows a cycled directional delivery of lipophilic molecules between three phases.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China.
authors: Guannan
authors: G
authors: Ju
authors: Mengjiao
authors: M
authors: Cheng
authors: Meng
authors: M
authors: Xiao
authors: Jianmei
authors: J
authors: Xu
authors: Kai
authors: K
authors: Pan
authors: Xing
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: Yajun
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Feng
authors: F
authors: Shi
keywords: functionally cooperating devices; smart transportation; superhydrophilicity; superhydrophobicity; temperature-responsive polymers