Directional Droplet Transport on Functional Surfaces with Superwettabilities

Nanogenerators with Superwetting Surfaces for Harvesting Water/Liquid Energy

(2020) Yang Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Multi-center Evaluation of a PCR-based Digital Microfluidics and Electrochemical Detection System for the Rapid Identification of 15 Fungal Pathogens Directly from Positive Blood Cultures

(2020) Sean X. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Droplet Directional Movement on the Homogeneously Structured Superhydrophobic Surface with the Gradient Non-Wettability

(2020) Yang Lu et al.   LANGMUIR

Programmable deformation of patterned bimorph actuator swarm

(2020) Jia-Nan Ma et al.   National Science Review

Programmable droplet manipulation by a magnetic-actuated robot

(2020) An Li et al.   Science Advances

Plasmonic nanoparticle-enhanced optoelectrowetting (OEW) for effective light-driven droplet manipulation

(2020) Si Kuan Thio et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Stretchable Textiles with Superwettabilities for Tunable Oil‐Water Separation

(2020) Pin Lv et al.   ChemNanoMat

Liquid harvesting and transport on multiscaled curvatures

(2020) Chuxin Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bioinspired Surface with Superwettability for Controllable Liquid Dynamics

(2020) Shan Zhou et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Directional liquid dynamics of interfaces with superwettability

(2020) Haoyu Dai et al.   Science Advances

A microfluidic platform for continuous monitoring of dopamine homeostasis in dopaminergic cells

(2019) Yue Yu et al.   Microsystems & Nanoengineering

SLIPS-TENG: robust triboelectric nanogenerator with optical and charge transparency using slippery interface

(2019) Wanghuai Xu et al.   National Science Review

In situ reversible underwater superwetting transition by electrochemical atomic alternation

(2019) Qianbin Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Directional pumping of water and oil microdroplets on slippery surface

(2019) Jieke Jiang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Highly Flexible and Ultraprecise Manipulation of Light-Levitated Femtoliter/Picoliter Droplets

(2019) Long Jiao et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Biological and Engineered Topological Droplet Rectifiers

(2019) Jing Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dual-3D Femtosecond Laser Nanofabrication Enables Dynamic Actuation

(2019) Yong-Lai Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Engineering Micromotors with Droplet Microfluidics

(2019) Chunmei Zhou et al.   ACS Nano

In Situ Reversible Control between Sliding and Pinning for Diverse Liquids under Ultra-Low Voltage

(2019) Chao Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Lossless Fast Drop Self‐Transport on Anisotropic Omniphobic Surfaces: Origin and Elimination of Microscopic Liquid Residue

(2019) Shilin Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Directional motion of dielectric droplets on polymer-coated conductor driven by electric corona discharge

(2019) Guoliang Li et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Optimization of triboelectric energy harvesting from falling water droplet onto wrinkled polydimethylsiloxane-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite surface

(2019) Abu Naushad Parvez et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

In vivo superresolution photoacoustic computed tomography by localization of single dyed droplets

(2019) Pengfei Zhang et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Water droplet-driven triboelectric nanogenerator with superhydrophobic surfaces

(2019) Jeong Hwan Lee et al.   Nano Energy

Enhancing Water Harvesting through the Cascading Effect

(2019) Barbara Ting Wei Ang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Enhancing Droplet Deposition on Wired and Curved Superhydrophobic Leaves

(2019) Meirong Song et al.   ACS Nano

Surface charge printing for programmed droplet transport

(2019) Qiangqiang Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Bioinspired triangular patterns for water collection from fog

(2019) Dong Song et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Power generation from the interaction of a liquid droplet and a liquid membrane

(2019) Jinhui Nie et al.   Nature Communications

Single-cell biomagnifier for optical nanoscopes and nanotweezers

(2019) Yuchao Li et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Waving potential at volt level by a pair of graphene sheets

(2019) Wenwen Fei et al.   Nano Energy

Self-restoring, waterproof, tunable microstructural shape memory triboelectric nanogenerator for self-powered water temperature sensor

(2019) Jiaqing Xiong et al.   Nano Energy

Multifunctional Magnetocontrollable Superwettable‐Microcilia Surface for Directional Droplet Manipulation

(2019) Shuang Ben et al.   Advanced Science

Climbing droplets driven by mechanowetting on transverse waves

(2019) Edwin De Jong et al.   Science Advances

Bio-Inspired Elastic Liquid-Infused Material for On-Demand Underwater Manipulation of Air Bubbles

(2019) Jianqiang Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Liquid-Infused Surfaces: A Review of Theory, Design, and Applications

(2019) Martin Villegas et al.   ACS Nano

Ionic-surfactant-mediated electro-dewetting for digital microfluidics

(2019) Jia Li et al.   NATURE

Subnanometer imaging and controlled dynamical patterning of thermocapillary driven deformation of thin liquid films

(2019) Shimon Rubin et al.   Light-Science & Applications

A wrinkled graphene and ionic liquid based electric generator for the sea energy harvesting

(2019) Zhen Zhen et al.   2D Materials

Acoustic Manipulation of Droplets under Reduced Gravity

(2019) Koji Hasegawa et al.   Scientific Reports

3D‐Printed Cactus‐Inspired Spine Structures for Highly Efficient Water Collection

(2019) Xiangjia Li et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Magnetically Responsive Superhydrophobic Surface: In Situ Reversible Switching of Water Droplet Wettability and Adhesion for Droplet Manipulation

(2018) Chao Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Self-Powered Microfluidic Transport System Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerator and Electrowetting Technique

(2018) Jinhui Nie et al.   ACS Nano

Liquids Unidirectional Transport on Dual-Scale Arrays

(2018) Yifan Si et al.   ACS Nano

Photoelectric Synergetic Responsive Slippery Surfaces Based on Tailored Anisotropic Films Generated by Interfacial Directional Freezing

(2018) Zubin Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Flexible, Durable, and Unconditioned Superoleophobic/Superhydrophilic Surfaces for Controllable Transport and Oil-Water Separation

(2018) Feiran Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly Sensitive and Automated Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering-based Immunoassay for H5N1 Detection with Digital Microfluidics

(2018) Yang Wang et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Directional transport of droplets on wettability patterns at high temperature

(2018) Shuai Huang et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

DNA assembly with error correction on a droplet digital microfluidics platform

(2018) Yuliya Khilko et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Dielectrowetting: The past, present and future

(2018) A.M.J. Edwards et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE

Nonlinear acoustic phenomena caused by surface acoustic wave and its application to digital microfluidic system

(2018) Jun Kondoh   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

A droplet energy harvesting and actuation system for self-powered digital microfluidics

(2018) Guijun Chen et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

An automated microfluidic gene-editing platform for deciphering cancer genes

(2018) Hugo Sinha et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Stationary-Mixing Field-Programmable Pin-Constrained Digital Microfluidic Biochip

(2018) Alireza Abdoli et al.   MICROELECTRONICS JOURNAL

Programmable droplet manipulation by combining a superhydrophobic magnetic film and an electromagnetic pillar array

(2018) Chao Yang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Automatic magnetic manipulation of droplets on an open surface using a superhydrophobic electromagnet needle

(2018) Chao Yang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Feedback control system for large scale 2D digital microfluidic platforms

(2018) Chunqiao Li et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Excellent Fog-Droplets Collector via Integrative Janus Membrane and Conical Spine with Micro/Nanostructures

(2018) Hu Zhou et al.   Small

Digital acoustofluidics enables contactless and programmable liquid handling

(2018) Steven Peiran Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

A Water Droplet Pinning and Heat Transfer Characteristics on an Inclined Hydrophobic Surface

(2018) Abdullah Al-Sharafi et al.   Scientific Reports

Robust platform for water harvesting and directional transport

(2018) Hu Luo et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Development of multifunctional liquid-infused materials by printing assisted functionalization on porous nanocomposites

(2018) Wenqing He et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Hydrophilic directional slippery rough surfaces for water harvesting

(2018) Xianming Dai et al.   Science Advances

Designing Liquid-Infused Surfaces for Medical Applications: A Review

(2018) Caitlin Howell et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multifunctional ferrofluid-infused surfaces with reconfigurable multiscale topography

(2018) Wendong Wang et al.   NATURE

Ultrafast water harvesting and transport in hierarchical microchannels

(2018) Huawei Chen et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Oil/water separation based on natural materials with super-wettability: recent advances

(2018) Jiale Yong et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Blue energy harvesting on nanostructured carbon materials

(2018) Guohua Liu et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Hierarchical hydrophilic/hydrophobic cooperative fog collector possessing self-pumped droplet delivering ability

(2018) Haoyu Bai et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

The influence of substrate-dependent triboelectric charging of graphene on the electric potential generation by the flow of electrolyte droplets

(2018) Daehoon Park et al.   Nano Energy

Programmable wettability on photocontrolled graphene film

(2018) Jie Wang et al.   Science Advances

Long Distance Transport of Microdroplets and Precise Microfluidic Patterning Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerator

(2018) Jinhui Nie et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Coalescence-induced jumping of droplets on superomniphobic surfaces with macrotexture

(2018) Hamed Vahabi et al.   Science Advances

Bioinspired Smart Materials for Directional Liquid Transport

(2017) Ying Cui et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Image-based feedback and analysis system for digital microfluidics

(2017) Philippe Q. N. Vo et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet manipulation on a structured shape memory polymer surface

(2017) Jun Kyu Park et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Integration of digital microfluidics with whispering-gallery mode sensors for label-free detection of biomolecules

(2017) Sentayehu F. Wondimu et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Dielectrowetting manipulation for digital microfluidics: creating, transporting, splitting, and merging of droplets

(2017) Hongyao Geng et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

On-chip laser processing for the development of multifunctional microfluidic chips

(2017) Huan Wang et al.   Laser & Photonics Reviews

Laser-structured Janus wire mesh for efficient oil–water separation

(2017) Yu-Qing Liu et al.   Nanoscale

How drops start sliding over solid surfaces

(2017) Nan Gao et al.   Nature Physics

Dynamic capacitive sensing of droplet parameters in a low-cost open EWOD system

(2017) Vandana Jain et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Magnetic field assisted droplet manipulation on a soot-wax coated superhydrophobic surface of a PDMS-iron particle composite substrate

(2017) S. Damodara et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Bioinspired Surfaces with Superwettability for Anti-Icing and Ice-Phobic Application: Concept, Mechanism, and Design

(2017) Songnan Zhang et al.   Small

Mechano-regulated surface for manipulating liquid droplets

(2017) Xin Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Self-powered PEDOT and derivate monoelectrodes to harvest rain energy

(2017) Yingli Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Interdigital electrode based triboelectric nanogenerator for effective energy harvesting from water

(2017) Byung Kil Yun et al.   Nano Energy

Nepenthes Inspired Design of Self-Repairing Omniphobic Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surface (SLIPS) by Femtosecond Laser Direct Writing

(2017) Jiale Yong et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces and Droplet Transportation by Surface Acoustic Waves

(2017) J. T. Luo et al.   Physical Review Applied

Fabric Active Transducer Stimulated by Water Motion for Self-Powered Wearable Device

(2016) Soon-Hyung Kwon et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Triboelectrification-Induced Large Electric Power Generation from a Single Moving Droplet on Graphene/Polytetrafluoroethylene

(2016) Sung Soo Kwak et al.   ACS Nano

High-Efficiency Fog Collector: Water Unidirectional Transport on Heterogeneous Rough Conical Wires

(2016) Ting Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Femtosecond laser ablated durable superhydrophobic PTFE films with micro-through-holes for oil/water separation: Separating oil from water and corrosive solutions

(2016) Jiale Yong et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Electrochemiluminescence on digital microfluidics for microRNA analysis

(2016) Mohtashim H. Shamsi et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Light-driven 3D droplet manipulation on flexible optoelectrowetting devices fabricated by a simple spin-coating method

(2016) Dongyue Jiang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Switching stiction and adhesion of a liquid on a solid

(2016) Stijn F. L. Mertens et al.   NATURE

Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps

(2016) Kyoo-Chul Park et al.   NATURE

Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata

(2016) Huawei Chen et al.   NATURE

Perspectives on digital microfluidics

(2016) Sergio L.S. Freire   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Magnetically actuated transport of ferrofluid droplets over micro-coil array on a digital microfluidic platform

(2016) Debiprasad Chakrabarty et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Digital microfluidic platform for dielectrophoretic patterning of cells encapsulated in hydrogel droplets

(2016) B. A. Nestor et al.   RSC Advances

Oil-Water Separation: A Gift from the Desert

(2016) Jiale Yong et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Thermocapillary motion on lubricant-impregnated surfaces

(2016) Nada Bjelobrk et al.   Physical Review Fluids

Oil droplet self-transportation on oleophobic surfaces

(2016) J. Li et al.   Science Advances

Bioinspired Underwater Superoleophobic Membrane Based on a Graphene Oxide Coated Wire Mesh for Efficient Oil/Water Separation

(2015) Yu-Qing Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Experimental study on directional motion of a single droplet on cactus spines

(2015) L. Guo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Theoretical Exploration of Barrel-Shaped Drops on Cactus Spines

(2015) Cheng Luo   LANGMUIR

Automatic droplet transportation on a plastic microfluidic device having wettability gradient surface

(2015) Y. Nakashima et al.   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Digital microfluidic immunocytochemistry in single cells

(2015) Alphonsus H. C. Ng et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired One-Dimensional Materials for Directional Liquid Transport

(2014) Jie Ju et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Dynamic Fluoroalkyl Polyethylene Glycol Co-Polymers: A New Strategy for Reducing Protein Adhesion in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices

(2014) Mahesh K. Sarvothaman et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Facile and Large-Scale Fabrication of a Cactus-Inspired Continuous Fog Collector

(2014) Moyuan Cao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Harvesting Water Drop Energy by a Sequential Contact-Electrification and Electrostatic-Induction Process

(2014) Zong-Hong Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Efficient Water Collection on Integrative Bioinspired Surfaces with Star-Shaped Wettability Patterns

(2014) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Oil/Water Separation with Selective Superantiwetting/Superwetting Surface Materials

(2014) Zonglin Chu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Island-ground single-plate electro-wetting on dielectric device for digital microfluidic systems

(2014) Weiwei Cui et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

EWOD microfluidic systems for biomedical applications

(2014) Hsien-Hua Shen et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Self-Propelling and Positioning of Droplets Using Continuous Topography Gradient Surface

(2014) Juan Li et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Chemical Gradients on Graphene To Drive Droplet Motion

(2013) Sandra C. Hernández et al.   ACS Nano

Bioinspired Conical Copper Wire with Gradient Wettability for Continuous and Efficient Fog Collection

(2013) Jie Ju et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Sputtered–Anodized $\hbox{Ta}_{2}\hbox{O}_{5}$ as the Dielectric Layer for Electrowetting-on-Dielectric

(2013) Lian-Xin Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Asymmetric liquid wetting and spreading on surfaces with slanted micro-pillar arrays

(2013) X. M. Yang et al.   Soft Matter

Voltage-induced spreading and superspreading of liquids

(2013) G. McHale et al.   Nature Communications

Structured cone arrays for continuous and effective collection of micron-sized oil droplets from water

(2013) Kan Li et al.   Nature Communications

Special wettable materials for oil/water separation

(2013) Zhongxin Xue et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Directional Liquid Spreading over Chemically Defined Radial Wettability Gradients

(2012) Olesya Bliznyuk et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Fabrication of Chemical Gradient Using Space Limited Plasma Oxidation and its Application for Droplet Motion

(2012) Xiaojun Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Controlling Liquid Drops with Texture Ratchets

(2012) Todd A. Duncombe et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Digital Microfluidics

(2012) Kihwan Choi et al.   Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Digital microfluidics with impedance sensing for integrated cell culture andanalysis

(2012) Steve C.C. Shih et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Droplet Actuation by Electrowetting-on-Dielectric (EWOD): A Review

(2012) Wyatt C. Nelson et al.   JOURNAL OF ADHESION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Capacitance-based droplet position estimator for digital microfluidic devices

(2012) Miguel Angel Murran et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Digital microfluidics: a versatile tool for applications in chemistry, biology and medicine

(2012) Mais J. Jebrail et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Accurate dispensing of volatile reagents on demand for chemical reactions in EWOD chips

(2012) Huijiang Ding et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Directed Drop Transport Rectified from Orthogonal Vibrations via a Flat Wetting Barrier Ratchet

(2012) Todd A. Duncombe et al.   LANGMUIR

A multi-structural and multi-functional integrated fog collection system in cactus

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Nanograssed Micropyramidal Architectures for Continuous Dropwise Condensation

(2011) Xuemei Chen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A New Angle on Pluronic Additives: Advancing Droplets and Understanding in Digital Microfluidics

(2011) Sam H. Au et al.   LANGMUIR

Smart Design of Stripe-Patterned Gradient Surfaces to Control Droplet Motion

(2011) O. Bliznyuk et al.   LANGMUIR

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

Dielectrowetting Driven Spreading of Droplets

(2011) G. McHale et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Design of hydrophobic surfaces for liquid droplet control

(2011) Akira Nakajima   NPG Asia Materials

Let's get digital: digitizing chemical biology with microfluidics

(2010) Mais J Jebrail et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

In situ characterization of microdroplet interfacial properties in digital microfluidic systems

(2010) Ali Ahmadi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Image-based feedback control for real-time sorting of microspheres in a microfluidic device

(2010) Matthew S. Munson et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Single-sided continuous optoelectrowetting (SCOEW) for droplet manipulation with light patterns

(2010) Sung-Yong Park et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A feedback control system for high-fidelity digital microfluidics

(2010) Steve C. C. Shih et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Optoelectrofluidic platforms for chemistry and biology

(2010) Hyundoo Hwang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

(2010) Yongmei Zheng et al.   NATURE

An engineered anisotropic nanofilm with unidirectional wetting properties

(2010) Niranjan A. Malvadkar et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Uni-directional liquid spreading on asymmetric nanostructured surfaces

(2010) Kuang-Han Chu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Digital Microfluidic Method for Protein Extraction by Precipitation

(2009) Mais J. Jebrail et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Optimization of device geometry in single-plate digital microfluidics

(2009) Mohamed Abdelgawad et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

A microchip fabricated with a vapor-diffusion self-assembled-monolayer method to transport droplets across superhydrophobic to hydrophilic surfaces

(2009) Yu-Hsuan Lai et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Driving characteristics of the electrowetting-on-dielectric device using atomic-layer-deposited aluminum oxide as the dielectric

(2009) Jong-hyeon Chang et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Floating electrode optoelectronic tweezers: Light-driven dielectrophoretic droplet manipulation in electrically insulating oil medium

(2008) Sungyong Park et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Direct-Referencing Two-Dimensional-Array Digital Microfluidics Using Multilayer Printed Circuit Board

(2008) Jian Gong et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS

All-electronic droplet generation on-chip with real-time feedback control for EWOD digital microfluidics

(2008) Jian Gong et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Conversion of Surface Energy and Manipulation of a Single Droplet across Micropatterned Surfaces

(2008) Jing-Tang Yang et al.   LANGMUIR