2 papers
cond-mat.soft2022
How droplets dry on stretched soft substrates
Yixuan Du, Elmar Bonaccurso, Jianwei Guo +4
Liquid droplets usually wet smooth and homogeneous substrates isotropically. Recent research works have revealed that droplets sit, slide and spread anisotropically on uniaxially s…
cond-mat.soft2019
Printing surface charge as a new paradigm to program droplet transport
Qiangqiang Sun, Dehui Wang, Jiahui Zhang +8
Directed, long-range and self-propelled transport of droplets on solid surfaces, especially on water repellent surfaces, is crucial for many applications from water harvesting to b…