Journal
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 95, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3197574
Keywords
drops; nanofluidics; nanostructured materials; surface tension; surface texture; water; wetting
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- National Science Council, Taiwan [NSC 97-2120-M-007-007]
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We present water droplets that undergo spontaneous self-directed motion upon contact with a chemically patterned nanotextured surface with wedge-shaped gradient. The surface exhibits two distinct wetting properties and low hysteresis. The droplet velocity depends on the droplet position and gradient angle. A wide range of droplet volume can be transported and a droplet velocity as high as 0.5 m/s has been achieved herein. Ascension of water droplets with all-round acclivity and a subnanoliter droplet movement were also demonstrated. We conclude that it is the combination of surface tension gradient and nanowetting actuation that governs the droplet motion.
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