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Tilt‐Angle Pillar Arrays: Directional Droplet Spreading Transport Controlled on Tilt‐Angle Pillar Arrays (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 22/2018)
Author(s) -
Lin Yucai,
Hu Ziying,
Gao Chunlei,
Guo Zhenyu,
Li Chang,
Zheng Yongmei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201870108
Subject(s) - pillar , tilt (camera) , materials science , coalescence (physics) , contact angle , microfluidics , optics , nanotechnology , composite material , geometry , physics , mechanical engineering , mathematics , astrobiology , engineering
The tilt‐angle pillar array, similar to that of butterfly wing, effectively achieves the controlling of droplets in uni‐directional spreading along the tilt‐angle regulated direction from pillar to pillar as reported by Yucai Lin, Yongmei Zheng, and co‐workers in article number 1800962 . Furthermore, the contrasting tilt‐angle array can be designed onto a surface to control two droplets moving directionally, which realize droplets coalescence as a microreactor.