Journal
MICRO & NANO LETTERS
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 269-272Publisher
INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2015.0588
Keywords
surface tension; drops; water; etching; aluminium; hydrophilicity; hydrophobicity; plasma materials processing; vein like directional transport platform; water droplets; superhydrophobic surface; chemical etching; cold nitrogen plasma jet; superhydrophilic track pattern; wedge angles; surface tension; open aluminium substrate; water recycling; Al; H2O
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51275072, 51305060]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB706704]
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In this work, a way to achieve effective directional transport of water on superhydrophobic surface is presented. An aluminium (Al) superhydrophobic surface was prepared by chemical etching method. After being treated by cold nitrogen plasma jet, a superhydrophilic track pattern corresponding to the mask was then fabricated. The vein-like structure of the liquid transport platform was composed of a trunk and several branches, both having wedge angles. Driven by surface tension, water droplets at any location of the dripping area can be transported against gravity. This method is reusable and could be widely used in the directional transportation and water recycling.
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