超疏水表面黏附性的研究进展

结合作者课题组的相关工作,简要地论述了超疏水表面固液黏附性的主要影响因素和评价标准,介绍了天然和人工仿生具有特殊黏附性超疏水表面的研究进展,包括超疏水高黏附表面、超疏水低黏附表面、可控黏附性超疏水表面、各向异性黏滞力超疏水表面、黏滞力响应性智能超疏水表面以及超亲/超疏水图案表面制备及运用.特别介绍了作者研究小组在仿生可控黏滞力超疏表面制备以及超亲/超疏水图案表面运用的研究.最后对具有特殊黏附性超疏表面的研究进行总结和展望.     

Cell processing on polyimide surface patterned by rubbing

In this study, we prepared a novel rubbed fluorinated polyimide film using a rubbing machine with a rubbing cloth and determined the surface properties of the rubbed film using an atomic force microscope and contact angle measurements. In addition, we evaluated the cell adhesion behavior on the rubbed polyimide film using a phase contrast microscope. Interestingly, a rubbed polyimide surface having a micrometer‐scale grooved pattern was prepared by the rubbing method, and the morphologies of rat primary hepatocytes and human liver cell lines attached to the rubbed surface were three‐dimensional multicellular spheroids, while the cells on an unrubbed surface showed two‐dimensional monolayers. This initial study indicates that the rubbing method without any chemical modification is simple and can easily produce large surface areas, suggesting that the rubbing may become a novel cell culture method. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Generic Micropatterning Platform to Direct Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Different Origins Towards Myogenic Differentiation

Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from various origins show varied differentiation capability. Recent work shows that cell shape manipulation via micropatterning can modulate the differentiation of bone‐marrow‐derived MSCs. Herein, the effect of micropatterning on the myogenesis of MSCs isolated from three different sources (bone marrow, fetal tissue, and adipose) is reported. All the well‐aligned cells, regardless of source, predominantly commit to myogenic lineage, as shown by the significant upregulation of myogenic gene markers and positive myosin heavy chain staining. It is demonstrated that our novel micropattern can be used as a generic platform for inducing myogenesis of MSCs from different sources and may also have the potential to be extended to induce other lineage commitment.

     

Effect of a rigid,non-polar solute on the dielectric anisotropy,the splay and bend elastic constants,and on the rotational viscosity coefficient of 4-4′-n-heptylcyanobiphenyl

The effect of mixing a rigid, non-polar, non-mesogenic solute, biphenyl (C₆H₅-C₆H₅), in the nematic solvent 7CB (4,4′-n-heptylcyanobiphenyl) is investigated. The solute is found to reduce the nematic order and a two-phase region appears. We report measurements of the transition temperatures, dielectric anisotropy, and splay and bend elastic constants, as well as the rotational viscosity coefficient by the method of electric field-induced Fréedericksz transition for biphenyl concentrations up to 8.0%.     

Aminopyridine-containing supramolecular polydiacetylene: film formation,thermochromism and micropatterning

Polydiacetylenes (PDAs) are intrinsically supramolecular conjugated polymers that are prepared by polymerisation of self-assembled diacetylene (DA) supramolecules. Owing to their highly aggregating nature and insolubility, fabrication of transparent and homogeneous films has been challenging. By taking advantage of multiple hydrogen bonding, a transparent and thin PDA film was readily prepared with an aminopyridine-containing DA monomer. The PDA film displayed an irreversible blue-to-red colour change between 30 and 90 °C and a reversible red-to-yellow thermochromism between 30 and 190 °C. Micropatterned colour and fluorescence PDA images were readily fabricated by employing a simple photolithographic approach.     

Preparation of stable micropatterns of gold oncell-adhesion-resistant hydrogels assisted by ahetero-bifunctional macromonomer linker

Surface patterning is very useful in biomaterial studies, yet it is not easy to prepare a micropattern with cell-adhesion contrast that is stable in a wet environment. Recently, a platform technique of transfer photolithography was invented to fabricate stable metal microarrays on the surface of a cell-adhesion resistant and mechanically biomimetic poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel; the linker is the key chemical in such a transfer strategy. This article reports the design and synthesis of a hetero-bifunctional macromonomer linker with a thiol group at one end and an acryloyl group at the other end. The bifunctional linker was characterized by GPC and ¹H NMR, and the average number of thiol groups in the bifunctional linker was detected by Ellman’s reagent. The regent stability under wet conditions was also confirmed by the model reactants. The resultant micropatterned surfaces are meaningful for future studies of cell behaviors on mechanically biomimetic matrixes.     

Self‐organized micropatterns of high aspect ratio polymer nanofibers by wetting of nanopores

The self‐organized micropatterns of high aspect ratio polymer nanofibers were prepared via a facile nanoporous wetting strategy. Various micropatterns with labyrinth‐like or honeycomb‐like topography can be formed in a controllable manner by adjusting the nanoporous template's nanochannel characteristic (deep‐hole or through‐hole), the size of nanopores, and the wetting time. The honeycomb‐like micropattern shows a little higher hydrophobicity than labyrinth‐like micropattern when the diameters of their nanofibers are similar. The formation of various self‐organized micropatterns is mainly dependant on the dilation stress and interaction between nanofibers during the template's removal and solvent evaporation process. The confining or free conditions of unreleased nanofibers' tips in nanopores determine the topography of the resultant self‐organized micropattern, i.e., labyrinth‐like or honeycomb‐like. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 46: 1280–1289, 2008     

蓝相液晶指向有序的定域化及微结构制备

蓝相液晶晶格指向有序性的体系构建对先进光子学应用乃至软物质三维可控生长具有重要的科学与技术意义.对指向有序性的蓝相液晶进行定域化的高分子稳定,进而形成蓝相区域的微结构图案化,有望实现全新的光子调控器件.本文使用稳定性好、操作简易、普遍的摩擦取向方法,达到蓝相晶格指向一致化目的,同时结合掩膜曝光的手段进行区域可控的光聚合,即定域光聚合,达到对蓝相晶格的定域化高分子稳定,实现了晶格指向有序、稳定性强的蓝相区域微结构图案化分布.最后基于这样的特殊结构,研究了潜在的光子学等方面的应用.     

Formation of Superhydrophobic-Superhydrophilic Pattern on Flowerlike Alumina Thin Film by the Sol-Gel Method

We have prepared superhydrophobic surfaces which become superhydrophilic by heat-treatment at 500°C or irradiation of UV-light. When hydrolyzed fluoroalkyltrimethoxysilane (FAS) was coated on Al₂O₃ gel film with a roughness of 20 to 50 nm, the films showed superhydrophobicity and high transparency; the contact angle for water of the film was 165° and the transmittance for the visible light was higher than 92%. When the FAS-coated thin films were heat-treated at temperatures higher than 500°C, the films became superhydrophilic; the contact angle for water on the films was smaller than 5°. Thin films of amorphous TiO₂ or anatase TiO₂ were coated between Al₂O₃ gel and FAS layer, and the contact angle for water was also about 160°. UV irradiation using high-pressure mercury lamp on these films resulted in the contact angle to be smaller than 5°. When UV light was irradiated through a photomask, superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic micropatterns applicable as a stamper for printing or a substrate of micro-optical components were successfully obtained on the films.     

重氮树脂与银纳米颗粒自组装膜的图像化

从巯基乙酸包覆的银纳米颗粒(MA-AgNP)和重氮树脂(DR)由自组装方法, 制备了感光性的超薄膜. 在掩模(photomask)覆盖下对膜进行选择性曝光和紧接着的十二烷基硫酸钠水溶液显影, 未光照部分的膜被显影液完全洗脱, 而光照部分的膜不能洗脱, 从而形成清晰的图像. 用AFM和SEM对图像进行了表征.