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Dynamic Wettability: Understanding the Role of Dynamic Wettability for Condensate Microdrop Self‐Propelling Based on Designed Superhydrophobic TiO 2 Nanostructures (Small 4/2017)
Author(s) -
Zhang Songnan,
Huang Jianying,
Tang Yuxin,
Li Shuhui,
Ge Mingzheng,
Chen Zhong,
Zhang Keqin,
Lai Yuekun
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201770022
Subject(s) - wetting , materials science , anodizing , nanotechnology , nanostructure , coalescence (physics) , contact angle , surface energy , solid surface , chemical engineering , chemistry , composite material , chemical physics , aluminium , physics , astrobiology , engineering
Condensate microdrop self‐propelling (CMDSP) is observed on superhydrophobic titanium‐based array architecture structure surfaces via a facile one‐step electrochemical anodization method. In article number 1600687, Y. K. Lai and co‐workers show how the microdroplets can realize the enhanced CMDSP ability, powered by excess surface energy released from the microdrops coalescence on the rationally designed hierarchical TiO 2 particle array surfaces with special superwettability, for promising applications in water‐harvesting.