Title: Droplet Transport: Enhancing Spontaneous Droplet Motion on Structured Surfaces with Tailored Wedge Design (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2/2021).
Authors: Wang, Zhongzheng; Owais, Ahmed; Neto, Chiara; Pereira, Jean‐Michel; Gan, Yixiang
Abstract: Droplet Transport: Enhancing Spontaneous Droplet Motion on Structured Surfaces with Tailored Wedge Design (Adv. Keywords: capillary force; droplet transport; spontaneous movement; wedge-shaped gradient EN capillary force droplet transport spontaneous movement wedge-shaped gradient 1 1 1 01/27/21 20210122 NES 210122 In article number 2000520, Yixiang Gan and co-workers developed an experimentally validated model to tailor spontaneous droplets movement on surfaces with prescribed wedge shapes. This work reveals designed wedges with convex shapes have a better performance in enhancing droplet transport in applications, such as fog harvesting.
Subjects: WEDGES; MOTION; TRANSPORTATION; DROPLETS; DESIGN
Publication: Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 2, p1
ISSN: 2196-7350
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202170010

Droplet Transport: Enhancing Spontaneous Droplet Motion on Structured Surfaces with Tailored Wedge Design (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2/2021).

Wang, Zhongzheng; Owais, Ahmed; Neto, Chiara; Pereira, Jean‐Michel; Gan, Yixiang