Investigation on the Anisotropic Wetting Properties of Water Droplets on Bio-Inspired Groove Structures Fabricated by 3D Printing and Surface Modifications [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2022 The self-driving structure to orientate the water movement has attracted considerable attention. Inspired by the wedgelike structures of biological materials in nature, such as spider silks and cactus spines, anisotropic spreading can be realized by ...
Ngoc Phuong Uyen Mai, Po-Yu Chen
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Directional wetting in anisotropic inverse opals [PDF]
Langmuir, 2014 Porous materials display interesting transport phenomena due to the restricted motion of fluids within the nano- to micro-scale voids. Here, we investigate how liquid wetting in highly ordered inverse opals is affected by anisotropy in pore geometry.
Aguirre C. I. +34 more
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Experiment of droplet anisotropic wetting behavior on micro-grooved PDMS membranes [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWetting behavior of droplets on a substrate with micro-grooves plays a key role in super-hydrophobicity. This paper aims to study the influence of groove width, droplet size, and surface tension on the anisotropic wetting behavior of droplets on micro ...
Donghai Ma +3 more
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Numerical analysis of anisotropic wetting of chemically striped surfaces. [PDF]
RSC Adv, 2018 The stabilities and dynamic wetting behavior of anisotropic wetting are investigated using surface evolver.
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Characteristics of wetting behavior under unloading in natural granite residual soil [PDF]
Scientific ReportsExcavation of foundation pits induces stress release in the soil, leading to deformation driven by the redistribution of internal stresses and particle adjustment.
Song Yin +5 more
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Scaling Amphiphilicity with Janus Nanoparticles: A New Frontier in Nanomaterials and Interface Science [PDF]
NanomaterialsJanus nanoparticles (JNPs) extend the concept of amphiphilicity beyond classical molecular surfactants into the nanoscale. Amphiphilic behavior is defined by the presence of hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties within a single molecular structure ...
Mirela Honciuc, Andrei Honciuc
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Engineering Wettability Transitions on Laser-Textured Shark Skin-Inspired Surfaces via Chemical Post-Processing Techniques [PDF]
MicromachinesSurface wettability, the interaction between a liquid droplet and the surface it contacts, plays a key role in influencing droplet behavior and flow dynamics.
Elham Lori Zoudani +2 more
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Bio‐Inspired Instability‐Induced Hierarchical Patterns Having Tunable Anisotropic Wetting Properties
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2023 This paper introduces a method for the bottom‐up fabrication of bio‐inspired hierarchical patterns having tunable anisotropic wetting properties.
So Nagashima +3 more
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Wettability and droplet energetics on micro-scale wavy and V-grooved surfaces
Results in Engineering, 2022 The wetting physics and wetting transition on micro-wavy and micro V-grooved surfaces of similar topographic scales are investigated and compared with an emphasis on the droplet stability and anisotropic wetting that promotes liquid drainage.
Md. Ikram Khan, Md. Ashiqur Rahman
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Polygonal non-wetting droplets on microtextured surfaces
Nature Communications, 2022 Exploring the interactions between liquids and solids is critical for improving control over fluidic systems. Here, authors develop an active way to tailor various polygonal shapes of non-wetting droplet on microtextured surfaces, resulting from the ...
Jing Lou +6 more
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