Grooved organogel surfaces towards anisotropic sliding of water droplets

Pengchao Zhang; Hongliang Liu; Jingxin Meng; Gao Yang; Xueli Liu; Shutao Wang; Lei Jiang

doi:10.1002/adma.201305914

Grooved organogel surfaces towards anisotropic sliding of water droplets

Adv Mater. 2014 May 21;26(19):3131-5. doi: 10.1002/adma.201305914. Epub 2014 Mar 7.

Authors

Pengchao Zhang¹, Hongliang Liu, Jingxin Meng, Gao Yang, Xueli Liu, Shutao Wang, Lei Jiang

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.

PMID: 24610716
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201305914

Abstract

Periodic micro-grooved organogel surfaces can easily realize the anisotropic sliding of water droplets attributing to the formed slippery water/oil/solid interface. Different from the existing anisotropic surfaces, this novel surface provides a versatile candidate for the anisotropic sliding of water droplets and might present a promising way for the easy manipulation of liquid droplets for water collection, liquid-directional transportation, and microfluidics.

Keywords: anisotropic surface; easy sliding; micro-groove; organogel; surface chemistry.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't