Three-dimensional(3D)histology has exhibited tremendous potential in fundamental research and clini-cal disease grading,but compatible labeling techniques are still lacking.Recently in Science Advances,Pac et al.repor...Three-dimensional(3D)histology has exhibited tremendous potential in fundamental research and clini-cal disease grading,but compatible labeling techniques are still lacking.Recently in Science Advances,Pac et al.report a new histological technique termed 3DNFC,which realizes 3D fluorescence imaging of thick tissues via citrate-based in situ fluorophore formation.展开更多
A laser texturing technique herein can endow bare aluminum alloy surface with regular dimple-pattern array and thus generates a case hardening.After STA treatment,these laser-textured samples become superhydrophobic.T...A laser texturing technique herein can endow bare aluminum alloy surface with regular dimple-pattern array and thus generates a case hardening.After STA treatment,these laser-textured samples become superhydrophobic.The surface wettability of the laser-textured samples can be regulated by controlling the dimple-pattern dimensions during the laser processing.It is noteworthy that a fluorescence method is utilized to record the zones on the superhydrophobic surface penetrated by small enough water molecules.Compared with a general method of the Cassie-Baxter theoretical calculation,this fluorescence method intuitively exhibits the air trapping ability of the superhydrophobic surface.Furthermore,the laser-textured superhydrophobic samples have a notable hysteresis phenomenon at the initial period of UMT friction because the air cushion trapped within superhydrophobic samples have strong repellency against water droplets on the hydrophilic steel ball.Additionally,such samples display strong mechanical stability in comparison with bare aluminum alloy because of the presence of case hardening on the surface of the laser patterns.The research results above provide a valuable reference for designing a surface with different wettability,which may inspire practical applications in the fields of fluid transport,droplet manipulation,water harvesting and microfluidic devices.展开更多
文摘Three-dimensional(3D)histology has exhibited tremendous potential in fundamental research and clini-cal disease grading,but compatible labeling techniques are still lacking.Recently in Science Advances,Pac et al.report a new histological technique termed 3DNFC,which realizes 3D fluorescence imaging of thick tissues via citrate-based in situ fluorophore formation.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under grant Nos.51975296&51575278the Advanced Composite Materials Key Laboratory Fund under grant No.614290402091702the Funding for Excellent PhD Training Program。
文摘A laser texturing technique herein can endow bare aluminum alloy surface with regular dimple-pattern array and thus generates a case hardening.After STA treatment,these laser-textured samples become superhydrophobic.The surface wettability of the laser-textured samples can be regulated by controlling the dimple-pattern dimensions during the laser processing.It is noteworthy that a fluorescence method is utilized to record the zones on the superhydrophobic surface penetrated by small enough water molecules.Compared with a general method of the Cassie-Baxter theoretical calculation,this fluorescence method intuitively exhibits the air trapping ability of the superhydrophobic surface.Furthermore,the laser-textured superhydrophobic samples have a notable hysteresis phenomenon at the initial period of UMT friction because the air cushion trapped within superhydrophobic samples have strong repellency against water droplets on the hydrophilic steel ball.Additionally,such samples display strong mechanical stability in comparison with bare aluminum alloy because of the presence of case hardening on the surface of the laser patterns.The research results above provide a valuable reference for designing a surface with different wettability,which may inspire practical applications in the fields of fluid transport,droplet manipulation,water harvesting and microfluidic devices.
