Sreya Sarkar, Arani Mukhopadhyay, Anish Pal, Constantine M. Megaridis
{"title":"Empirical Analysis of Frictional Forces in Advancing and Receding Triple-Phase Contact Lines: Effect of Surface Roughness","authors":"Sreya Sarkar, Arani Mukhopadhyay, Anish Pal, Constantine M. Megaridis","doi":"10.1002/admi.202500258","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202500258","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Predicting the open-surface movement of liquids on solids requires a fundamental understanding of adhesion and the interplay of frictional forces at the moving contact line. Frictional forces are commonly studied in two main contexts: (1) static and kinetic friction acting on droplets subjected to lateral forces, and (2) resisting (frictional) forces opposing the motion of advancing or receding liquid contact lines on solid surfaces. While conventional studies assume identical advancing and receding frictional forces for any liquid–solid pair, recent studies have challenged this notion, emphasizing the need for deeper insight into these forces, especially when the solid is rough. This study employs sessile-droplet experiments for <i>unpinned Wenzel</i> (penetrating) states to quantify frictional forces at the triple-phase contact line, revealing an empirical relationship between frictional force ratio and surface roughness. Contact angle (CA) measurements at constant contact-line speeds under negligible viscous effects (Capillary number, <i>Cα</i> < <1) demonstrate that the advancing-to-receding friction force ratio scales <i>solely</i> with Wenzel roughness, being independent of liquid surface tension, viscosity, or chemical composition. This relationship enables accurate predictions of intrinsic CAs (<2% error) for wetting scenarios where experimental determination is challenging. The findings provide a predictive framework for characterizing new materials and their surface energies, while promoting the understanding and application of wetting dynamics on realistic (rough) surfaces.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202500258","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144740073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laser-Induced Nano-Functional Surfaces for Enhanced SERS Performance","authors":"Hardik Vaghasiya, Paul-Tiberiu Miclea","doi":"10.1002/admi.202500366","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202500366","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nanostructured metal surfaces play a crucial role in sensing applications, particularly in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). In this study, laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) are fabricated on silicon substrates using femtosecond laser irradiation to investigate their formation mechanisms and impact on Raman signal enhancement. By systematically varying the laser fluence and pulse number, their effects are examined on LIPSS periodicity and, consequently, SERS performance. The results reveal that increasing laser fluence from 0.80 to 1.40 J/cm<sup>2</sup> significantly reduces LIPSS periodicity due to enhanced Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPPs) excitation and energy redistribution. LIPSS exhibit elongated elliptical structures at lower pulse numbers, which gradually transition into circular patterns with increasing pulses, driven by electric field redistribution and interference effects. The influence of LIPSS on SERS is systematically analyzed using a thiophenol solution to evaluate Raman signal sensitivity. The results demonstrate that precisely tuned periodicity and depth of LIPSS significantly enhance SERS signals by optimizing localized electromagnetic fields and plasmonic resonance effects. Notably, LIPSS with a periodicity of ∼795 nm exhibited the highest enhancement due to the resonant coupling of SPPs with the excitation laser, while optimal depths (∼352–547 nm) balanced hotspot density and plasmonic efficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202500366","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144740456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amun Jarzembski, Siddharth Nair, Wyatt Hodges, Matthew Jordan, Anthony McDonald, Logan Antiporda, Greg W. Pickrell, Timothy Walsh, Fabio Semperlotti, Jason Neely, Luke Yates
{"title":"Wide-Field Bond Quality Evaluation Using Frequency Domain Thermoreflectance with Deep Neural Network Feature Reconstruction (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 13/2025)","authors":"Amun Jarzembski, Siddharth Nair, Wyatt Hodges, Matthew Jordan, Anthony McDonald, Logan Antiporda, Greg W. Pickrell, Timothy Walsh, Fabio Semperlotti, Jason Neely, Luke Yates","doi":"10.1002/admi.70057","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Wide-Field Frequency Domain Thermoreflectance</b></p><p>Wide-field (≥1 mm<sup>2</sup>) frequency-domain thermoreflectance hyperspectral imaging is used to image subsurface indium bump bonds 50 μm below the surface. Thermal analysis enables evaluation of bump quality in a surrogate heterogeneously integrated microelectronic. More details can be found in article 2401039 by Amun Jarzembski, Fabio Semperlotti, and co-workers.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.70057","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bioinspired Spider Silk Fiber of MOF-Based Zwitterionic Hydrogel for Low-Humidity Atmospheric Water Harvesting","authors":"Hengyu Pan, Lingmei Zhu, Huijie Wei, Chang Gao, Maolin Zhou, Tiance Zhang, Qiang Luo, Boyang Tian, Jianhua Wang, Yongping Hou, Yongmei Zheng","doi":"10.1002/admi.202500421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202500421","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A bioinspired spider silk fiber (i.e., PCLC) is presented by introducing the zwitterionic hydrogel poly-[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide (PDMAPS) and CAU-10-H used as carriers of hygroscopic salt Lithium chloride (LiCl), and the addition of carbon black (CB) nanoparticles makes the prepared fibers have photothermal effect. PCLC fiber achieves the moisture absorption capacity of ≈1.49 – 1.99 g g<sup>−1</sup> after 2 h adsorption at ≈40% relative humidity (RH). The temperature of a single PCLC knot can rise to 46.4 °C for ≈3600 s, and the temperature of a batch of PCLC spider knot fibers can rise to 112.1 °C for ≈3600 s (under ≈1 sun illumination), which has excellent photothermal effect. Water collection is conducted for five consecutive days with a daily collected amount of ≈1.87 g g<sup>−1</sup>. The PCLC fiber shows good water vapor adsorption reversibility after 10 consecutive adsorption-desorption cycles, the moisture absorption can be stabilized at ≈1.9 g g<sup>−1</sup>, and the water vapor desorption capacity reaches ≈1.73 g g<sup>−1</sup> (under ≈1 sun illumination, exhibiting water vapor desorption efficiency of ≈92.1%).</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202500421","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145146260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-Throughput Design of Epitaxial Orientation for Functional Thin Films","authors":"Liyufen Dai, Mingqiang Cheng, Mingqiang Huang, Xiangli Zhong, Gaokuo Zhong","doi":"10.1002/admi.202500382","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202500382","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The structure and properties of functional thin films are highly sensitive to their epitaxial orientations. However, the orientation of the thin film is typically constrained by that of the substrate, making it challenging to achieve distinct orientations between the thin film and the substrate. The use of buffer layers is an effective approach to manipulate the epitaxial orientations of functional thin films. Nevertheless, this method requires precise screening of buffer layer parameters that may influence the orientation of the overlying functional layer, making the process labor-intensive and time-consuming. Here, a high-throughput strategy is proposed for screening buffer layer parameters. Taking the epitaxial growth of PbZr<sub>1-x</sub>Ti<sub>x</sub>O<sub>3</sub> ferroelectric films as a model system, the optimal thickness of the CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> buffer layer is successfully determined, enabling the epitaxial growth of [111]-oriented PbZr<sub>0.2</sub>Ti<sub>0.8</sub>O<sub>3</sub> on a [001]-oriented Mica substrate. Furthermore, a composite buffer layer structure consisting of SrRuO<sub>3</sub> and CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> is screened, which facilitated the epitaxial growth of [111]-oriented PbZr<sub>1-x</sub>Ti<sub>x</sub>O<sub>3</sub> films on a [001]-oriented SrTiO<sub>3</sub> substrate. This work establishes an efficient approach for the high-throughput screening of buffer layer structures and provides valuable insights into the design of epitaxial functional thin films beyond conventional substrate constraints.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202500382","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144894229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karamullah Eisawi, Elham Loni, Saehwa Chong, Martin Liezers, Ming Tang, Kyle S. Brinkman, Brian J. Riley, Michael Naguib
{"title":"Nanohybrid of Silver-MXene: A Promising Sorbent for Iodine Gas Capture from Nuclear Waste (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 13/2025)","authors":"Karamullah Eisawi, Elham Loni, Saehwa Chong, Martin Liezers, Ming Tang, Kyle S. Brinkman, Brian J. Riley, Michael Naguib","doi":"10.1002/admi.70056","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Silver-MXene Nanohybrid for Iodine Gas Capture</b></p><p>In article 2500011, Michael Naguib and co-workers report the synthesis of silver-MXene nanohybrids and demonstrate their use for iodine gas capture at 150 °C. The material achieves an iodine uptake of 946 mg·g<sup>−1</sup>, outperforming conventional silver-based sorbents. The formation of thermally stable silver iodide is confirmed, underscoring the potential of MXene hybrids as effective sorbents for radioiodine and nuclear off-gas capture applications.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144647508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thickness and Morphology Control in Laser-Assisted Zone Casting of Ultrathin, Polycrystalline Films","authors":"Adam Kiersnowski, Krzysztof Janus, Michał Wyskiel","doi":"10.1002/admi.202500275","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202500275","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Film morphology control and adaptability of the coating process to substrate size or shape (scalability) are valid issues in thin film fabrication technologies. Overcoming technological limitations in the morphology control or the scalability stimulates development in thin film technologies and therefore drives progress in related fields of materials science. This paper demonstrates laser-assisted zone casting (LAZEC): a contactless thin-film fabrication method utilizing laser heating in a setup resembling meniscus-guided coating. LAZEC is based on thermally induced near-the-surface flows and permits the fabrication of films with thicknesses ranging from a few to several tens of nanometers on flat or curved surfaces. The film thickness can be controlled by solution viscosity, coating speed, and laser power. LAZEC enables the fabrication of polymer and small molecule films with uniform polycrystalline morphologies. Tuning the coating speed and laser power permits tailoring crystal domain sizes as well as their orientation. The latter can be translated to, e.g., planar anisotropy of field-effect charge carrier transport. Owing to its advantages, LAZEC can contribute to the development in the fields of printed electronics, photovoltaics, or thermoelectrics.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202500275","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144894227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yeontaek Lee, Kayoung Son, Yejin Jo, Seung Hyun Lee, Jeuhee Lee, Tae Young Kim, Seonghyeon Eom, Youn-Hoo Hwang, Dae-Eun Kim, Inhee Choi, Jung Seung Lee, Jungmok Seo
{"title":"Rapid and Scalable Lubrication Coating for Industrial and Medical Applications via Sequential Dip-Coating","authors":"Yeontaek Lee, Kayoung Son, Yejin Jo, Seung Hyun Lee, Jeuhee Lee, Tae Young Kim, Seonghyeon Eom, Youn-Hoo Hwang, Dae-Eun Kim, Inhee Choi, Jung Seung Lee, Jungmok Seo","doi":"10.1002/admi.202500353","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202500353","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Surface coatings have been widely studied and applied in industrial and biomedical fields to give functionalities such as friction reduction, anti-fouling, and enhanced biocompatibility. However, conventional coating techniques often suffer from limited material compatibility, non-uniform coverage on complex geometries, labor-intensive fabrication, and dependence on specialized equipment. In this study, Swift Lubrication is introduced for Industrial and Medical Equipment (SLIME), a rapid (≈10 s) two-step dip-coating method that employs an UV perfluoropolyether base coat followed by a slippery activation layer. SLIME enables the formation of ultra-low friction surfaces, robust anti-fouling properties, and effective diffusion barrier functionality without requiring intricate fabrication processes or specialized equipment. The versatility of SLIME coatings is demonstrated through their application on 3D-printed molds, high-viscosity storage containers, and various biomedical devices, highlighting their material-independent applicability, excellent biocompatibility, and superior anti-adhesion performance. This is envision that SLIME coatings will serve as a practical and scalable solution for an advanced surface lubrication method, significantly enhancing device durability, operational efficiency, and performance across industrial and biomedical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202500353","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144740186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emmie J.D. Schoutens, Juul Verbakel, Heleen M.M. van Beusekom, Jaap M.J. den Toonder, Olaf van der Sluis, Jan de Boer
{"title":"Exploring the Role of Stent Strut Geometry in Cellular Behavior: An In Vitro Chip Model to Understand In-Stent Restenosis","authors":"Emmie J.D. Schoutens, Juul Verbakel, Heleen M.M. van Beusekom, Jaap M.J. den Toonder, Olaf van der Sluis, Jan de Boer","doi":"10.1002/admi.202500170","DOIUrl":"10.1002/admi.202500170","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Stent-based balloon angioplasty is commonly used to treat occluded arteries, but patients still suffer from in-stent restenosis (ISR), a recurrent lumen narrowing. Stent design plays a crucial role in ISR, yet current clinical research cannot isolate the effects of geometry alone. To tackle this problem and allow studying the underlying mechanobiological mechanisms, an in vitro platform containing geometries closely mimicking representative stent strut cross-sectional designs are designed and fabricated. This paper presents the fabrication and a biological validation of the in vitro platform. Morphological analysis revealed that strut-like geometries alter cellular morphology. This analysis further revealed that sharp cornered geometries (rectangle, triangle, trapezium) induced cell proliferation and extracellular matrix isotropy compared to smooth, rounded geometries (circle, oval, hexagon). Rho/ROCK-inhibition suggests intracellular tension as essential force for these responses. The outcomes are in line with clinical trials, where sharp strut shapes show increased neointimal tissue formation. The platform holds great potential for the development of improved stent designs with reduced ISR risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":115,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Materials Interfaces","volume":"12 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/admi.202500170","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144894377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}