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Published Online: 12 November 2018

Accepted: October 2018

Femtosecond laser structuring of Janus

foam: Water spontaneous antigravity
unidirectional penetration and
pumping
Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 203701 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5061723

Shuai Yang1,a), Kai Yin1,2,a),b), Dongkai Chu3, Jun He1,c), and Ji-An Duan2
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ABSTRACT

In this letter, we report a Janus foam that is fabricated by the

femtosecond laser structuring of copper foam. Each side of the Janus
foam possesses different wettabilities: one is superhydrophilic while the
other is hydrophobic. On the Janus foam, water can spontaneously
antigravity transport from the lower hydrophobic side to the upper
superhydrophilic side without an input of external energy, but cannot
pass through in the opposite direction. The Janus foam can be considered
to have “water diode” characteristics, and it enables the continuous
antigravity transport of water without requiring any external forces. The
Janus foam is then used to design a “water pump”. These findings will aid
the design and development of fluid delivery technologies.

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