Sticky Yet Slippery: Molecular Ordering Reconciles Bubble-Surface Affinity With Ultralow Friction at the Nanoscale.

Shishuang Zhang, Jiajun Li, Huadong Tian, Zhoujie Wang, Chenyu Qiao, Jingyi Wang, Lei Xie, Hongbo Zeng

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shishuang ZhangSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, P. R. China.

Jiajun LiSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, P. R. China.

Huadong TianSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, P. R. China.

Zhoujie WangSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, P. R. China.

Chenyu QiaoDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Jingyi WangCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, P. R. China.

Lei XieSchool of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3520-4815

Hongbo ZengDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1432-5979

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFC2908900Science and Technology Innovation Leading Talent Program of Hunan Province 2024RC1018

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Abstract

A general understanding in wetting is that droplet stickiness and slipperiness are independent and do not necessarily change synchronously. However, it remains unclear whether bubbles behave similarly, making it challenging to achieve both strong interfacial affinity and low-friction mobility, crucial for controlling bubble dynamics in microfluidics, catalysis, and gas-liquid separation. Here, we show that molecular ordering within surface-tethered polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layers reconciles bubble stickiness and slipperiness, enabling bubbles to maintain robust attachment and ultralow friction. Remarkably, tuning PDMS from disordered networks to ordered brushes nearly doubles hydrophobic decay length (D

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AFM force measurementsbubble‐surface interactionsbubble transportfriction forceshydrophobic interactionsmolecular ordersoft interfaces

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PMID42095420

DOI10.1002/advs.75495

PMCPMC13335574

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