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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2014)

Controlling the Cassie-to-Wenzel Transition: an Easy Route towards the Realization of Tridimensional Arrays of Biological Objects

https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353792
G. Ciasca
Istituto di Fisica, Universit´a Cattolica S. Cuore, L.go Francesco Vito 1 I-00168, Roma, Italy
M. Papi
Istituto di Fisica, Universit´a Cattolica S. Cuore, L.go Francesco Vito 1 I-00168, Roma, Italy
M. Chiarpotto
Istituto di Fisica, Universit´a Cattolica S. Cuore, L.go Francesco Vito 1 I-00168, Roma, Italy
A. De Ninno
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - CNR, Via Cineto Romano 42, Roma, 00156, Italy
E. Giovine
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - CNR, Via Cineto Romano 42, Roma, 00156, Italy
G. Campi
Institute of Crystallography – CNR, Via Salaria Km 29, 0016 Monterotondo Roma, Italy
A. Gerardino
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - CNR, Via Cineto Romano 42, Roma, 00156, Italy
M.De Spirito
Istituto di Fisica, Universit´a Cattolica S. Cuore, L.go Francesco Vito 1 I-00168, Roma, Italy
L. Businaro
Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - CNR, Via Cineto Romano 42, Roma, 00156, Italy

Corresponding Author: M.De Spirito

m.despirito@rm.unicatt.it

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 6 No. 3 (2014), Article Number: 280-286

Abstract

In this paper we provide evidence that the Cassie-to-Wenzel transition, despite its detrimental effects on the wetting properties of superhydrophobic surfaces, can be exploited as an effective micro-fabrication strategy to obtain highly ordered arrays of biological objects. To this purpose we fabricated a patterned surface wetted in the Cassie state, where we deposited a droplet containing genomic DNA. We observed that, when the droplet wets the surface in the Cassie state, an array of DNA filaments pinned on the top edges between pillars is formed. Conversely, when the Cassie-to-Wenzel transition occurs, DNA can be pinned at different height between pillars. These results open the way to the realization of tridimensional arrays of biological objects.

Keywords

Superhydrophobic patterned surfaces Cassie-to-Wenzel transition DNA arrays
Ciasca, G., M. Papi, M. Chiarpotto, A. De Ninno, E. Giovine, G. Campi, A. Gerardino, M.De Spirito, and L. Businaro. 2014. “Controlling the Cassie-to-Wenzel Transition: An Easy Route towards the Realization of Tridimensional Arrays of Biological Objects”. Nano-Micro Letters 6 (3):280-86. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03353792.
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