Smart Manipulation of Gas Bubbles in Harsh Environments Via a Fluorinert-Infused Shape-Gradient Slippery Surface

Guoliang Liu; Chunhui Zhang; Mengfei Liu; Ziwei Guo; Xinsheng Wang; Cunming Yu; Moyuan Cao

doi:10.1007/s12209-020-00263-7

Transactions of Tianjin University ›› 2020, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6) : 441 -449. DOI: 10.1007/s12209-020-00263-7

Research Article

Smart Manipulation of Gas Bubbles in Harsh Environments Via a Fluorinert-Infused Shape-Gradient Slippery Surface

Author information +

¹ Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China

² Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interface Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China

³ School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 300354, Tianjin, China

^f ycmbhs@iccas.ac.cn

^g moyuan.cao@tju.edu.cn

Cunming Yu is currently an associate professor at School of Chemistry, Beihang University. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2017 from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) under the supervision of Prof. Lei Jiang. Then, he joined in Prof. Lei Jiang’s group at School of Chemistry, Beihang University to do his postdoctoral research. In 2019, he became an associate professor at the School of Chemistry, Beihang University. His research group currently focuses on developing bio-inspired superwetting materials and exploring their applications in smart manipulation of gas bubbles, gas evolution reaction, drag reduction, and drug delivery.

Moyuan Cao is currently an associate professor at School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University. He received his B.Eng. Degree (2010) and M.Sc. Degree (2013) in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University, China. In 2016, he received Ph.D. Degree in materials sciences under the supervision of Prof. Lei Jiang at Beihang University and Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also a member of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (Tianjin). He has published over 40 peer-review papers in Matter, Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Mater. Horiz., etc. His citation number is over 2000 times with an H-index of 23. His present scientific interests are focused on the application of bio-inspired wettability integrating systems in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering, including (1) Self-propelled fluid transporting process on open interfaces; (2) Bubble manipulation on hydrophobic slippery surfaces; and (3) Janus structures with superwettability for novel applications.

Show less

History +

PDF

Abstract

Fundamental research and practical applications have examined the manipulation of gas bubbles on open surfaces in low-surface-tension, high-pressure, and high-acidity, -alkalinity, or -salinity environments. However, to the best of our knowledge, efficient and general approaches to achieve the smart manipulation of gas bubbles in these harsh environments are limited. Herein, a Fluorinert-infused shape-gradient slippery surface (FSSS) that could effectively regulate the behavior of gas bubbles in harsh environments was successfully fabricated. The unique capability of FSSS was mainly attributed to the properties of Fluorinert, which include chemical inertness and incompressibility. The shape-gradient morphology of FSSS could induce asymmetric driving forces to move gas bubbles directionally on open surfaces. Factors influencing gas bubble transport on FSSS, such as the apex angle of the slippery surface and the surface tension of the aqueous environment, were carefully investigated, and large apex angles were found to result in large initial transport velocities and short transport distances. Lowering the surface tension of the aqueous environment is unfavorable to bubble transport. Nevertheless, FSSS could transport gas bubbles in aqueous environments with surface tensions as low as 28.5 ± 0.1 mN/m, which is lower than that of many organic solvents (e.g., formamide, ethylene glycol, and dimethylformamide). In addition, FSSS could also realize the facile manipulation of gas bubbles in various aqueous environments, e.g., high pressure (~ 6.8 atm), high acidity (1 mol/L H₂SO₄), high alkalinity (1 mol/L NaOH), and high salinity (1 mol/L NaCl). The current findings provide a source of knowledge and inspiration for studies on bubble-related interfacial phenomena and contribute to scientific and technological developments for controllable bubble manipulation in harsh environments.

Keywords

Slippery surface / Shape-gradient / Asymmetric driving force / Smart bubble transport / Harsh environment

Cite this article

Download citation ▾

Guoliang Liu, Chunhui Zhang, Mengfei Liu, Ziwei Guo, Xinsheng Wang, Cunming Yu, Moyuan Cao. Smart Manipulation of Gas Bubbles in Harsh Environments Via a Fluorinert-Infused Shape-Gradient Slippery Surface. Transactions of Tianjin University, 2020, 26(6): 441-449 DOI:10.1007/s12209-020-00263-7

登录浏览全文

4963

注册一个新账户忘记密码

References

Publishing order | Descend order by publishing year | Descend order by cited within

[1]	Sarkar MSK, Donne ASW, Evans GM. Hydrogen bubble flotation of silica. Adv Powder Technol, 2010, 21: 412-418.

[2]	Calgaroto S, Wilberg KQ, Rubio J. On the nanobubbles interfacial properties and future applications in flotation. Miner Eng, 2014, 60: 33-40.

[3]	Patankar NA. Supernucleating surfaces for nucleate boiling and dropwise condensation heat transfer. Soft Matter, 2010, 6(8): 1613-1620.

[4]	Zou JT, Zhang HG, Guo ZJ, et al. Surface nanobubbles nucleate liquid boiling. Langmuir, 2018, 34(46): 14096-14101.

[5]	Liu ZG, Gao XH, Du LX, et al. Corrosion behavior of low-alloy steel with martensite/ferrite microstructure at vapor-saturated CO₂ and CO₂-saturated brine conditions. Appl Surf Sci, 2015, 351: 610-623.

[6]	López DA, Pérez T, Simison SN. The influence of microstructure and chemical composition of carbon and low alloy steels in CO₂ corrosion. A state-of-the-art appraisal. Mater Des, 2003, 24(8): 561-575.

[7]	Liu Y, Cheng H, Lyu M, et al. Low overpotential in vacancy-rich ultrathin CoSe₂ nanosheets for water oxidation. J Am Chem Soc, 2014, 136: 15670-15675.

[8]	Bak T, Nowotny J, Rekas M, et al. Photo-electrochemical hydrogen generation from water using solar energy. Materials-related aspects. Int J Hydrog Energy, 2002, 27(10): 991-1022.

[9]	Zhang CH, Cao MY, Ma HY, et al. Morphology-control strategy of the superhydrophobic poly(methyl methacrylate) surface for efficient bubble adhesion and wastewater remediation. Adv Funct Mater, 2017, 27(43): 1702020

[10]	Song JL, Liu ZA, Wang XY, et al. High-efficiency bubble transportation in an aqueous environment on a serial wedge-shaped wettability pattern. J Mater Chem A, 2019, 7(22): 13567-13576.

[11]	Ju J, Zheng YM, Jiang L. Bioinspired one-dimensional materials for directional liquid transport. Acc Chem Res, 2014, 47(8): 2342-2352.

[12]	Cao MY, Jiang L. Superwettability integration: concepts, design and applications. Surf Innov, 2016, 4(4): 180-194.

[13]	Seymour RS, Hetz SK. The diving bell and the spider: the physical gill of Argyroneta aquatica. J Exp Biol, 2011, 214(13): 2175-2181.

[14]	Kehl S, Dettner K. Surviving submerged-setal tracheal gills for gas exchange in adult rheophilic diving beetles. J Morphol, 2009, 270(11): 1348-1355.

[15]	Flynn MR, Bush JWM. Underwater breathing: the mechanics of plastron respiration. J Fluid Mech, 2008, 608: 275-296.

[16]	Chen X, Wu YC, Su B, et al. Terminating marine methane bubbles by superhydrophobic sponges. Adv Mater, 2012, 24(43): 5884-5889.

[17]	Ma R, Wang JM, Yang ZJ, et al. Bioinspired gas bubble spontaneous and directional transportation effects in an aqueous medium. Adv Mater, 2015, 27(14): 2384-2389.

[18]	Yu CM, Cao MY, Dong ZC, et al. Spontaneous and directional transportation of gas bubbles on superhydrophobic cones. Adv Funct Mater, 2016, 26(19): 3236-3243.

[19]	Duan JA, Dong XR, Yin K, et al. A hierarchical superaerophilic cone: robust spontaneous and directional transport of gas bubbles. Appl Phys Lett, 2018, 113(20): 203704

[20]	Yu CM, Cao MY, Dong ZC, et al. Aerophilic electrode with cone shape for continuous generation and efficient collection of H₂ bubbles. Adv Funct Mater, 2016, 26(37): 6830-6835.

[21]	Zheng QS, Yu Y, Zhao ZH. Effects of hydraulic pressure on the stability and transition of wetting modes of superhydrophobic surfaces. Langmuir, 2005, 21(26): 12207-12212.

[22]	Cao MY, Li Z, Ma HY, et al. Is superhydrophobicity equal to underwater superaerophilicity: regulating the gas behavior on superaerophilic surface via hydrophilic defects. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces, 2018, 10(24): 20995-21000.

[23]	Tuteja A, Choi W, Mabry JM, et al. Robust omniphobic surfaces. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2008, 105(47): 18200-18205.

[24]	Yu C, Zhu C, Li K, et al. Manipulating bubbles in aqueous environment via a lubricant-infused slippery surface. Adv Funct Mater, 2017, 27: 1701605

[25]	Zhang CH, Zhang B, Ma HY, et al. Bioinspired pressure-tolerant asymmetric slippery surface for continuous self-transport of gas bubbles in aqueous environment. ACS Nano, 2018, 12(2): 2048-2055.

[26]	Xiao X, Zhang C, Ma H, et al. Bioinspired slippery cone for controllable manipulation of gas bubbles in low-surface-tension environment. ACS Nano, 2019, 13: 4083-4090.

[27]	Deng X, Mammen L, Butt HJ, et al. Candle soot as a template for a transparent robust superamphiphobic coating. Science, 2012, 335(6064): 67-70.

[28]	Kovalchuk NM, Trybala A, Starov V, et al. Fluoro- vs hydrocarbon surfactants: why do they differ in wetting performance?. Adv Colloid Interface Sci, 2014, 210: 65-71.

[29]	Boutevin G, Tiffes D, Loubat C, et al. New fluorinated surfactants based on vinylidene fluoride telomers. J Fluorine Chem, 2012, 134: 77-84.

[30]	Shi C, Cui X, Xie L, et al. Measuring forces and spatiotemporal evolution of thin water films between an air bubble and solid surfaces of different hydrophobicity. ACS Nano, 2015, 9(1): 95-104.

[31]	Ducker WA. Contact angle and stability of interfacial nanobubbles. Langmuir, 2009, 25(16): 8907-8910.

[32]	Ju J, Bai H, Zheng YM, et al. A multi-structural and multi-functional integrated fog collection system in cactus. Nat Commun, 2012, 3: 1247

[33]	Prakash M, Quere D, Bush JWM. Surface tension transport of prey by feeding shorebirds: the capillary ratchet. Science, 2008, 320(5878): 931-934.

[34]	Zheng Y, Bai H, Huang Z, et al. Directional water collection on wetted spider silk. Nature, 2010, 463: 640-643.

[35]	Li K, Ju J, Xue ZX, et al. Structured cone arrays for continuous and effective collection of micron-sized oil droplets from water. Nat Commun, 2013, 4: 2276

[36]	Loudet JC. Stokes drag on a sphere in a nematic liquid crystal. Science, 2004, 306(5701): 1525

[37]	Masliyah J, Jauhari R, Gray M. Drag coefficients for air bubbles rising along an inclined surface. Chem Eng Sci, 1994, 49(12): 1905-1911.

[38]	Antonow GN. Sur la tension superficielle des solutions dans la zone critique. J Chim Phys, 1907, 5: 364-371.

[39]	Antonoff G. On the validity of Antonoff’s rule. J Phys Chem, 1942, 46(4): 497-499.

[40]	Li YX, Li JX, Yang X, et al. Preparation of CeO₂-modified Mg(Al)O-supported Pt–Cu alloy catalysts derived from hydrotalcite-like precursors and their catalytic behavior for direct dehydrogenation of propane. Trans Tianjin Univ, 2019, 25(2): 169-184.

[41]	Kong DC, Qi J, Liu DY, et al. Ni-doped BiVO₄ with V⁴⁺ species and oxygen vacancies for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Trans Tianjin Univ, 2019, 25(4): 340-347.

[42]	Li ZH, Zhang LJ, Zhao KC, et al. Ni/ZrO₂ catalysts synthesized via urea combustion method for CO₂ methanation. Trans Tianjin Univ, 2018, 24(5): 471-479.