Oil-triggered switchable wettability on patterned alternating air/lubricant-infused superamphiphobic surfaces
Weijian Liu, Rui Pan, Mingyong Cai, Xiao Luo, Changhao Chen, Guochen Jiang, Xinyu Hu, Hongjun Zhang, Minlin Zhong
Abstract
A smart oil-triggered patterned surface with high stability was designed, which can demonstrate various unique loss-less and cross-contamination-free droplet-manipulation modes.
Topics & Concepts
LubricantWettingMaterials sciencePetroleum engineeringNanotechnologyComposite materialEngineeringSurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsFluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer