Journal
LAB ON A CHIP
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 499-504Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b917624a
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- National Science Council of the Republic of China [NSC 97-2218-E-002-029, NSC 96-2628-E-002-255-MY3]
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A wettability gradient to transport a droplet across superhydrophobic to hydrophilic surfaces is fabricated on combining a structure gradient and a self-assembled-monolayer (SAM) gradient. The combination of these two gradients is realized with a simple but versatile SAM technique, in which the textured silicon wafer strip is placed vertically in a bottle that contains a decyltrichlorosilane solution to form concurrently a saturated SAM below the liquid surface and a wettability gradient above. The platform fabricated in this way has a water-contact angle from 151.2 degrees to 39.7 degrees; the self-transport distance is hence increased significantly to about 9 mm. A theoretical model that approximates the shape of a moving drop to a spheroidal cap is developed to predict the self-transport behavior. Satisfactory agreement is shown for most regions except where the hysteresis effect is unmeasurable and an unsymmetrical deformation occurs. A double-directional gradient surface to alter the direction of movement of a droplet is also realized. The platforms we developed serve not only to transport a fluid over a long distance but also for a broad spectrum of biomedical applications such as protein adsorption, cell adhesion and DNA-based biosensors.
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