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ArticleNature communications2020

Electrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets.

Guangmin Zhou, Ankun Yang, Yifei Wang, Guoping Gao, Allen Pei, Xiaoyun Yu, Yangying Zhu, Linqi Zong, Bofei Liu, Jinwei Xu and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Guangmin Zhou *Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Ankun Yang *Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0274-4025
Yifei WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Guoping GaoMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
Allen PeiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8930-2125
Xiaoyun YuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Yangying ZhuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9185-3161
Linqi ZongDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Bofei LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Jinwei XuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Nian LiuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5966-0244
Jinsong ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Yanxi LiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Lin-Wang WangMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-2692
Harold Y HwangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Mark L BrongersmaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Steven ChuDepartment of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Yi CuiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. yicui@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6103-6352

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC02-76SF00515
6 · The paper itself

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.

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PMCPMC6992759

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