Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 7, Issue 22, Pages 13567-13576Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9ta02095k
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51605078, 21774051]
- Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC [51621064]
- Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST (YESS) [2017QNRC001]
- Aviation Science Fund [2017ZE63012]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [DUT17JC25]
- EPSRC [EP/N024915/1]
- EPSRC [EP/N024915/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Spontaneous and directional pumpless transportation (SDPT) of subaqueous gas bubbles has great prospects in eliminating destructive gas bubbles in fluid transportation pipes. However, with current technology it is difficult to realize non-buoyancy driven long-distance SDPT. How to realize long-distance SDPT of subaqueous gas bubbles and how to fabricate a surface with the capacity of long-distance SDPT of subaqueous gas bubbles on engineering metals still remain a challenge. Here, a serial wedge-shaped wettability pattern with an exterior surrounding subaqueous superaerophobic region and interior subaqueous superaerophilic region is designed to realize long-distance SDPT of subaqueous gas bubbles. The process is driven by unbalanced surface tension forces; hence, subaqueous gas bubbles can not only be transported on a horizontal and straight pattern, but can also be easily transported on a horizontal and spiral-shaped pattern or on a wave-shaped pattern that is spatially tilted. In addition, a universal method composed of electrochemical etching and laser etching is also proposed to fabricate the serial wedge-shaped wettability pattern on various engineering metal materials including Al, Mg alloy, Ti alloy, and Zn.
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