Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 34, Issue 41, Pages 12482-12487Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02550
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Funding
- National Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China [21805294]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M631303]
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Water droplet unidirectional transport on the asymmetric superhydrophobic surface has attracted much interest in theory analysis and applications, such as self-cleaning, antifogging, anti-icing, heat transfer, and so on. Different from the symmetrical performance on the uniform topographies, the droplets acting on the asymmetric surface exhibit an anisotropic state and easily roll off the surface along the special direction. This phenomenon is indicated by natural butterfly wings. The flexible asymmetrically arranged micro step induces the droplet to release along the outside radial (RO) direction and to pin against the RO direction. Here, inspired by butterfly wings, a kind of surface for super hydrophobic and unidirectional droplet transport is achieved by integrating the methods of soft lithography and enhanced crystal growth. The water droplet shows the anisotropic state on the biofabricated surface, and it rolls off easily along the step direction. The droplet is unidirectionally driven off the surface by the asymmetric surface tension force generated by the microstep topography. This experiment is significant for designing self-cleaning surfaces.
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