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Droplet Manipulations: Nonspecular Reflection of Droplets (Small 3/2021)
Author(s) -
Zhu Pingan,
Chen Chengmin,
Nandakumar Krishnaswamy,
Wang Liqiu
Publication year - 2021
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.202170009
Subject(s) - specular reflection , reflection (computer programming) , magic (telescope) , materials science , optics , nanotechnology , physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , programming language
Dimples can break all symmetries in the law of reflection and make the bouncing of droplets on super‐repellent surfaces non‐specular, reported by Liqiu Wang and co‐workers (article number 2006695), and thus functioning as a “magic” hand to enable various on‐demand droplet manipulations including trapping, shedding, antigravitational transporting, targeted positioning, and coalescing.