马学虎

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博士生导师

硕士生导师

性别:男

毕业院校:大连理工大学

学位:博士

所在单位:化工学院

学科:化学工程. 工程热物理

办公地点:化工学院 化工实验楼 D-309

联系方式:辽宁省大连市凌工路2号 大连理工大学化环生学部化工学院 116024

电子邮箱:xuehuma@dlut.edu.cn

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Directional Movement of Droplets in Grooves: Suspended or Immersed?

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论文类型:期刊论文

发表时间:2016-01-08

发表刊物:SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

收录刊物:SCIE、PubMed

卷号:6

页面范围:18836

ISSN号:2045-2322

摘要:The behavior of droplets trapped in geometric structures is essential to droplet manipulation applications such as for droplet transport. Here we show that directional droplet movement can be realized by a V-shaped groove with the movement direction controlled by adjusting the surface wettability of the groove inner wall and the cross sectional angle of the groove. Experiments and analyses show that a droplet in a superhydrophobic groove translates from the immersed state to the suspended state as the cross sectional angle of the groove decreases and the suspended droplet departs from the groove bottom as the droplet volume increases. We also demonstrate that this simple grooved structure can be used to separate a water-oil mixture and generate droplets with the desired sizes. The structural effect actuated droplet movements provide a controllable droplet transport method which can be used in a wide range of droplet manipulation applications.