Journal
MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 779-785Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-013-1270-1
Keywords
SCF (spontaneous capillary flow); Gibbs thermodynamic equation; Cassie law
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Spontaneous capillary flow (SCF) is a powerful method for moving fluids at the microscale. In modern biotechnology, composite channels-sometimes open-are increasingly used. The ability to predict the occurrence of a SCF is a necessity. In this work, using the Gibbs free energy, we derive a general condition for the establishment of SCF in any composite microchannel of constant cross section, i.e., a microchannel comprising different wall materials and even open parts. It is shown that SCF occurs when the Cassie angle is smaller than pi/2 (theta* < pi/2). For a homogeneous confined channel, this relation collapses to the well-known hydrophilic contact angle theta < pi/2.
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