• 文献标题:   Tunable Wettability of Graphene through Nondestructive Hydrogenation and Wettability-Based Patterning for Bioapplications
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SON J, LEE JY, HAN N, CHA J, CHOI J, KWON J, NAM S, YOO KH, LEE GH, HONG J
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, hydrogenated graphene, wettability, hydrophilicity, surface engineering
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Yonsei Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04548
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

The wettability of graphene has been extensively studied and successfully modified by chemical functionalization. Nevertheless, the unavoidable introduction of undesired defects and the absence of systematic and local control over wettability by previous methods have limited the use of graphene in applications. In addition, microscale patterning, according to wettability, has not been attempted. Here, we demonstrate that the wettability of graphene can be systematically controlled and surface patterned into microscale sections based on wettability without creating significant defects, possible by nondestructive hydrogen plasma. Hydrophobic graphene is progressively converted to hydrophilic hydrogenated graphene (H-Gr) that reaches superhydrophilicity. The great contrast in wettability between graphene and H-Gr makes it possible to selectively position and isolate human breast cancer cells on arrays of micropatterns since strong hydrophilicity facilitates the adsorption of the cells. We believe that our method will provide an essential technique for enabling surface and biological applications requiring microscale patterns with different wettability.