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Wang H, Fan Y, Wang H, Chen Z, Yu S, Hou X. Visual Biosensing with Specific Liquid-Based Interface Behaviors. ACS NANO 2024; 18:7327-7333. [PMID: 38407020 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c08396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
Abstract
Liquid-based interface behaviors at micro/nano or even smaller scales induced by biomolecules take us into a fascinating realm, fostering a deeper understanding and innovation in visual biosensing. This biosensing technology, grounded in specific liquid-based interface behaviors, redefines how diseases can be detected, monitored, and diagnosed in resource-limited settings, providing rapid, cost-effective, and self-testing solutions to the current healthcare landscape. To date, the technology has witnessed significant advancements in visual sensing, driven by diverse liquid-based materials, advanced nanomanufacturing techniques, and a profound understanding of interface-material interactions. In this Perspective, we discuss and elucidate the interface biosensing mechanisms arising from three types, including liquid-solid, liquid-liquid, and liquid-gas interfaces, and we provide insights into the challenges and future development of visual biosensing applications.
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- Huimeng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
- Department of Physics, Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research, Jiujiang Research Institute, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
- Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen 361102, People's Republic of China
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Li JZ, Dong LM, Zheng LL, Fu WL, Zhang JJ, Zhang L, Hu Q, Chen P, Gao ZF, Xia F. Molecular Visual Sensing, Boolean Logic Computing, and Data Security Using a Droplet-Based Superwetting Paradigm. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:40447-40459. [PMID: 36006781 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c11532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Inspired by information processing and logic operations of life, many artificial biochemical systems have been designed for applications in molecular information processing. However, encoding the binary synergism between matter, energy, and information in a superwetting system remains challenging. Herein, a superwetting paradigm was proposed for multifunctional applications including molecular visual sensing and data security on a superhydrophobic surface. A Triton X-100-encapsulated gelatin (TeG) hydrogel was prepared and selectively decomposed by trypsin, releasing the surfactant to decrease the surface tension of a droplet. Integrating the droplet with the superhydrophobic surface, the superwetting behavior was utilized for visual detection and information encoding. Interestingly, the proposed TeG hydrogel can function as an artificial gelneuron for molecular-level logic computing, where the combination of matters (superhydrophobic surface, trypsin, and leupeptin) acts as inputs to interact with energy (liquid surface tension and solid surface energy) and information (binary character), resulting in superwettability transitions (droplet surface tension, contact angle, rolling angle, and bounce) as outputs. Impressively, the TeG gelneuron can be further developed as molecular-level double cryptographic steganography to encode, encrypt, and hide specific information (including the maze escape route and content of the classical literature) due to its programmability, stimuli responsive ability, and droplet concealment. This study will encourage the development of advanced molecular paradigms and their applications, such as superwetting visual sensing, molecular computing, interaction, and data security.
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- Jin Ze Li
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, P. R. China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3G1, Canada
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Detection Technology for Tumor Markers, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276005, P. R. China
- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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Robust Super-Amphiphobic Titanium Surface for Liquid/Liquid Mini Separations. COATINGS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings12060805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Super-amphiphobic surface with low robustness is not suitable for practical application due to its weak mechanical strength. In this work, an in-site growth of micro-/nanoscale flower-like TiO2 on the surface of a titanium mesh was successfully fabricated through hydrothermal synthesis, followed by chemical modification with low-surface-energy heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl trichlorosilane. The resultant super-amphiphobic coating was highly repellent to all of the ethanol–water mixtures with surface tensions ranging over 26.0–72.8 mN/m, as well as excellent chemical and mechanical durability. After it was irradiated for 8 h with ultraviolet light, it was used for oil/water and oil/oil mini-separation with the help of its Janus characteristic. This was attributed to its unidirectional penetration for liquid droplets with different surface tension values. This kind of smart super-amphiphobic mesh with photochemical activity could potentially gate and sort liquids via surface tensions.
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Feng R, Li X, Wang L, Li W, Zhang Y. A simple U‐shaped device with a superhydrophobic coating used to sort droplets by surface tension. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.202100028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rui Feng
- Henan Institute of Science and Technology Xinxiang China
- Nanyang Medical College Nanyang Henan China
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology Xinxiang China
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology Xinxiang China
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology Xinxiang China
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology Xinxiang China
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- Hai Zhu
- Engineering Research Center of Nano‐Geomaterials of Ministry of Education Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry China University of Geosciences Wuhan China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano‐Geomaterials of Ministry of Education Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry China University of Geosciences Wuhan China
- Zhejiang Institute China University of Geosciences Hangzhou China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano‐Geomaterials of Ministry of Education Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry China University of Geosciences Wuhan China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano‐Geomaterials of Ministry of Education Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry China University of Geosciences Wuhan China
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Zhang YP, Fan D, Bai XZ, Cui CX, Chen J, Li RL, Liu PF, Qu LB. Sorting Liquid Droplets by Surface Tension Using Devices with Quasi-Superamphiphobic Coatings. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12040820. [PMID: 32260412 PMCID: PMC7240524 DOI: 10.3390/polym12040820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Any solid surface with homogenous or varying surface energy can spontaneously show variable wettability to liquid droplets with different or identical surface tensions. Here, we studied a glass slide sprayed with a quasi-superamphiphobic coating consisting of a hexane suspension of perfluorosilane-coated nanoparticles. Four areas on the glass slide with a total length of 7.5 cm were precisely tuned via ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, and droplets with surface tensions of 72.1–33.9 mN m−1 were categorized at a tilting angle of 3°. Then, we fabricated a U-shaped device sprayed with the same coating and used it to sort the droplets more finely by rolling them in the guide groove of the device to measure their total rolling time and distance. We found a correlation between ethanol content/surface tension and rolling time/distance, so we used the same device to estimate the alcoholic strength of Chinese liquors and to predict the surface tension of ethanol aqueous solutions.
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- Yu-Ping Zhang
- Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China; (D.F.); (X.-Z.B.); (C.-X.C.); (J.C.); (R.-L.L.); (P.-F.L.)
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China;
- Correspondence:
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China; (D.F.); (X.-Z.B.); (C.-X.C.); (J.C.); (R.-L.L.); (P.-F.L.)
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China; (D.F.); (X.-Z.B.); (C.-X.C.); (J.C.); (R.-L.L.); (P.-F.L.)
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China; (D.F.); (X.-Z.B.); (C.-X.C.); (J.C.); (R.-L.L.); (P.-F.L.)
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China; (D.F.); (X.-Z.B.); (C.-X.C.); (J.C.); (R.-L.L.); (P.-F.L.)
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China; (D.F.); (X.-Z.B.); (C.-X.C.); (J.C.); (R.-L.L.); (P.-F.L.)
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- Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453000, China; (D.F.); (X.-Z.B.); (C.-X.C.); (J.C.); (R.-L.L.); (P.-F.L.)
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China;
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Wang J, Huang Y, You K, Yang X, Song Y, Zhu H, Xia F, Jiang L. Temperature-Driven Precise Control of Biological Droplet's Adhesion on a Slippery Surface. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:7591-7599. [PMID: 30673218 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b21088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Precise control of a biological droplet's adhesive force on a liquid-repellent surface for smart antifouling systems is critical and fundamental to scientific research and industrial applications. Although slippery surfaces with stimuli-responsive wetting behaviors have been reported, challenge still remains in designing responsive biological droplets to achieve controllable adhesion and antifouling property. Here, we developed a thermoresponsive biological droplet adhesion system to precisely control its adhesion on the lubricant-infused slippery surface. Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in the biological droplet displays molecular configuration reversible deformation under external thermal stimuli. This property ascribes to the changing amount of exposed hydrophobic moieties of ssDNA, which strongly affects the interfacial hydrophobic interaction with the lubricant. This work may improve the understanding of the principles underlying liquid-lubricant interfacial adhesion, open up opportunities for a new class of antifouling systems, and provide a promising system for controllable manipulation of liquids' motion in biochips and microreactor devices.
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- Jinhua Wang
- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Material Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Material Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Science , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Material Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Material Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Material Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , P. R. China
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- Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geomaterials of Ministry of Education, Faculty of Material Science and Chemistry , China University of Geosciences , Wuhan 430074 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Science , Beijing 100190 , P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment , Beihang University , Beijing 100191 , P. R. China
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