Sliding of drops on mesoporous thin films
| Autor: | Claudio Luis Alberto Berli, Rocio Aldana Gimenez, Martín G. Bellino, Magalí Mercuri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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endocrine system
Materials science Microfluidics Contact line technology industry and agriculture General Physics and Astronomy 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology complex mixtures 01 natural sciences eye diseases 0104 chemical sciences Physics::Fluid Dynamics Oil droplet Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Thin film Composite material 0210 nano-technology Mesoporous material |
| Zdroj: | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22:5915-5919 |
| ISSN: | 1463-9084 1463-9076 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c9cp06993c |
| Popis: | There is great interest in developing surfaces with enhanced properties for the sliding of liquid droplets. Here we show that both water and oil droplets placed on mesoporous thin film surfaces slide at relatively small tilt angles with respect to non-porous surfaces of the same material. The effect arises from a particular soft pinning at the contact line, which is a consequence of the fact that sessile droplets are partially "floating" onto a locally self-imbibed mesoporous film. Therefore, droplets present a reduced sliding angle and an enhanced sliding velocity in comparison to droplets on non-porous surfaces of the same material. The formed droplet-substrate interface is different to those observed on superhydrophobic or oil-infused surfaces, and involves a particular sliding dynamic. These findings would help to improve technical developments that require the precise handling of droplet mobility, whose interest span from chemical and biological assays in open microfluidic platforms to applications in energy and the environment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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