Capillarity-driven migration of small objects: A critical review

Droplets Manipulated on Photothermal Organogel Surfaces

(2018) Chunlei Gao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Jurin’s law revisited: Exact meniscus shape and column height

(2018) Sai Liu et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Evolution of the interfacial shape in dissolutive wetting: Coupling of wetting and dissolution

(2018) Jinhong Yang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

On the autonomous motion of active drops or bubbles

(2018) Yuri S. Ryazantsev et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Insights into adhesion of abalone: A mechanical approach

(2018) Jing Li et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Toward an Understanding of Magnetic Displacement of Floating Diamagnetic Bodies, I: Experimental Findings

(2018) Mark Frenkel et al.   LANGMUIR

Geometrical control of dissipation during the spreading of liquids on soft solids

(2018) Menghua Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2018) Hu Zhou et al.   Small

Capillary-driven binding of thin triangular prisms at fluid interfaces

(2018) Joseph A. Ferrar et al.   Soft Matter

Wetting, meniscus structure, and capillary interactions of microspheres bound to a cylindrical liquid interface

(2018) Paul Y. Kim et al.   Soft Matter

Topography-induced symmetry transition of droplets on quasi-periodically patterned surfaces

(2018) Enhui Chen et al.   Soft Matter

Magnetically Inspired Deformation of the Liquid/Vapor Interface Drives Soap Bubbles

(2018) Irina Legchenkova et al.   Surface Innovations

Directional Droplet Spreading Transport Controlled on Tilt-Angle Pillar Arrays

(2018) Yucai Lin et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Shape-Induced Deformation, Capillary Bridging, and Self-Assembly of Cuboids at the Fluid–Fluid Interface

(2017) Thriveni G. Anjali et al.   LANGMUIR

Interparticle Capillary Forces at a Fluid–Fluid Interface with Strong Polymer-Induced Aging

(2017) Stefano Cappelli et al.   LANGMUIR

Heterogeneous Capillary Interactions of Interface-Trapped Ellipsoid Particles Using the Trap-Release Method

(2017) Jin Hyun Lim et al.   LANGMUIR

Chemotaxis and autochemotaxis of self-propelling droplet swimmers

(2017) Chenyu Jin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Curvature capillary repulsion

(2017) Iris B. Liu et al.   Physical Review Fluids

Controlled droplet transport to target on a high adhesion surface with multi-gradients

(2017) Siyan Deng et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2016) Ting Xu et al.   ACS Nano

Light-Driven Delivery and Release of Materials Using Liquid Marbles

(2016) Maxime Paven et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Driven Transport of a Liquid Marble with and against Surface Flows

(2016) Nikita Kavokine et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Uni-Directional Transportation on Peristome-Mimetic Surfaces for Completely Wetting Liquids

(2016) Chuxin Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Meniscus ascent by thrips (Thysanoptera)

(2016) Victor Manuel Ortega-Jiménez et al.   Biology Letters

Dynamic polygonal spreading of a droplet on a lyophilic pillar-arrayed surface

(2016) Enhui Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ADHESION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Self-propulsion of a metallic superoleophobic micro-boat

(2016) Albina Musin et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Surfactant-Driven Assembly of Poly(ethylenimine)-Coated Microparticles at the Liquid Crystal/Water Interface

(2016) Lian Hao Ong et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Curvature-Driven Migration of Colloids on Tense Lipid Bilayers

(2016) Ningwei Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata

(2016) Huawei Chen et al.   NATURE

Curvature-driven assembly in soft matter

(2016) Iris B. Liu et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Self-Assembly of Cubes into 2D Hexagonal and Honeycomb Lattices by Hexapolar Capillary Interactions

(2016) Giuseppe Soligno et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Bioinspired Special Wettability Surfaces: From Fundamental Research to Water Harvesting Applications

(2016) Songnan Zhang et al.   Small

Near-post meniscus-induced migration and assembly of bubbles

(2016) Jianlin Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Capillarity-induced directed self-assembly of patchy hexagram particles at the air–water interface

(2016) Sung-Min Kang et al.   Soft Matter

Swimming Droplets

(2016) Corinna C. Maass et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Transition Behaviors of Configurations of Colloidal Particles at a Curved Oil-Water Interface

(2016) Mina Lee et al.   Materials

Orientation-Induced Effects of Water Harvesting on Humps-on-Strings of Bioinspired Fibers

(2016) Yuan Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Lipid membrane-mediated attraction between curvature inducing objects

(2016) Casper van der Wel et al.   Scientific Reports

Curvature-driven bubbles or droplets on the spiral surface

(2016) Shanpeng Li et al.   Scientific Reports

Directed Autonomic Flow: Functional Motility Fluidics

(2015) Philipp T. Kühn et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlled Smart Anisotropic Unidirectional Spreading of Droplet on a Fibrous Surface

(2015) Miaoxin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Super-Wettability from Fundamental Research to Practical Applications

(2015) Liping Wen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Meniscus-induced motion of oil droplets

(2015) Shanpeng Li et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

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

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

Capillary migration of microdisks on curved interfaces

(2015) Lu Yao et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Self-Propulsion of Liquid Marbles: Leidenfrost-like Levitation Driven by Marangoni Flow

(2015) Edward Bormashenko et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Liquid Drop Runs Upward between Two Nonparallel Plates

(2015) Xin Heng et al.   LANGMUIR

Theoretical Exploration of Barrel-Shaped Drops on Cactus Spines

(2015) Cheng Luo   LANGMUIR

Vapour-mediated sensing and motility in two-component droplets

(2015) N. J. Cira et al.   NATURE

Spontaneous change in trajectory patterns of a self-propelled oil droplet at the air-surfactant solution interface

(2015) Shinpei Tanaka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Elastocapillary interactions on nematic films

(2015) Iris B. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Curvature capillary migration of microspheres

(2015) Nima Sharifi-Mood et al.   Soft Matter

Directional Drop Transport Achieved on High-Temperature Anisotropic Wetting Surfaces

(2014) Chengcheng Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface Tension Gradient around an Alcohol Droplet Moving Spontaneously on a Water Surface

(2014) Shogo OSHIMA et al.   ANALYTICAL SCIENCES

Biomimetic mechanics behaviors of the strider leg vertically pressing water

(2014) Jianlin Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Study of transporting of droplets on heterogeneous surface structure using the lattice Boltzmann approach

(2014) Jung Shin Lee et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Using Nanoparticle Dispersions: Underlying Mechanism and Imbibition Experiments

(2014) Hua Zhang et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Marangoni self-propelled capsules in a maze: pollutants ‘sense and act’ in complex channel environments

(2014) Guanjia Zhao et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Behavior of a Liquid Drop between Two Nonparallel Plates

(2014) Cheng Luo et al.   LANGMUIR

pH-Induced Motion Control of Self-Propelled Oil Droplets Using a Hydrolyzable Gemini Cationic Surfactant

(2014) Shingo Miura et al.   LANGMUIR

Capillary Assembly of Microscale Ellipsoidal, Cuboidal, and Spherical Particles at Interfaces

(2014) Sabyasachi Dasgupta et al.   LANGMUIR

Quantitative Estimation of the Parameters for Self-Motion Driven by Difference in Surface Tension

(2014) Nobuhiko J. Suematsu et al.   LANGMUIR

The present and future role of microfluidics in biomedical research

(2014) Eric K. Sackmann et al.   NATURE

Substrate Curvature Gradient Drives Rapid Droplet Motion

(2014) Cunjing Lv et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Dynamic spreading on pillar-arrayed surfaces: Viscous resistance versus molecular friction

(2014) Quanzi Yuan et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Breathing, crawling, budding, and splitting of a liquid droplet under laser heating

(2014) Chaeyeon Song et al.   Soft Matter

Uphill motion of droplets on tilted and vertical grooved substrates induced by a wettability gradient

(2013) Benoit Chandesris et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Trapping energy of a spherical particle on a curved liquid interface

(2013) Joseph Léandri et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Multiscale dynamic wetting of a droplet on a lyophilic pillar-arrayed surface

(2013) Quanzi Yuan et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Capillary Force on a Micrometric Sphere Trapped at a Fluid Interface Exhibiting Arbitrary Curvature Gradients

(2013) Christophe Blanc et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Patterning droplets with durotaxis

(2013) R. W. Style et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Capillarity-induced ordering of spherical colloids on an interface with anisotropic curvature

(2013) Dmitry Ershov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Capillary force acting on a colloidal particle floating on a deformed interface

(2013) Paolo Galatola et al.   Soft Matter

Wetting on flexible hydrophilic pillar-arrays

(2013) Quanzi Yuan et al.   Scientific Reports

Bioinspired tilt-angle fabricated structure gradient fibers: micro-drops fast transport in a long-distance

(2013) Yuan Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

On elastocapillarity: A review

(2012) Jian-Lin Liu et al.   ACTA MECHANICA SINICA

Foam–oil interaction in porous media: Implications for foam assisted enhanced oil recovery

(2012) R. Farajzadeh et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Spontaneous formation of double helical structure due to interfacial adhesion

(2012) Xiang-Ying Ji et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Directional motion of evaporating droplets on gradient surfaces

(2012) Li Xu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Gel-Based Self-Propelling Particles Get Programmed To Dance

(2012) Rachita Sharma et al.   LANGMUIR

Capillary interactions among spherical particles at curved liquid interfaces

(2012) Chuan Zeng et al.   Soft Matter

Capillary bond between rod-like particles and the micromechanics of particle-laden interfaces

(2012) L. Botto et al.   Soft Matter

Capillary interactions between anisotropic particles

(2012) Lorenzo Botto et al.   Soft Matter

Running droplet of interfacial chemical reaction flow

(2012) Xi Yao et al.   Soft Matter

Near field capillary repulsion

(2012) Lu Yao et al.   Soft Matter

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

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Shape gradient and classical gradient of curvatures: driving forces on micro/nano curved surfaces

(2011) Ya-jun Yin et al.   APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS-ENGLISH EDITION

A review of froth flotation control

(2011) B.J. Shean et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINERAL PROCESSING

An axisymmetric meniscus converges particles for microscopy

(2011) S.J. SOWERBY et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

Tuning Multiphase Amphiphilic Rods to Direct Self-Assembly

(2011) Jie-Yu Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metabolism and motility in prebiotic structures

(2011) M. M. Hanczyc   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Capillary interactions in Pickering emulsions

(2011) J. Guzowski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Fire ants self-assemble into waterproof rafts to survive floods

(2011) N. J. Mlot et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Curvature-driven capillary migration and assembly of rod-like particles

(2011) M. Cavallaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Topology-dominated dynamic wetting of the precursor chain in a hydrophilic interior corner

(2011) Q. Yuan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Effective interactions and equilibrium configurations of colloidal particles on a sessile droplet

(2011) J. Guzowski et al.   Soft Matter

Janus particles at an oil–water interface

(2011) Bum Jun Park et al.   Soft Matter

Attractive interactions between colloids at the oil–water interface

(2011) Bum Jun Park et al.   Soft Matter

Direction Controlled Driving of Tiny Water Drops on Bioinspired Artificial Spider Silks

(2010) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Capillary forces between particles at a liquid interface: General theoretical approach and interactions between capillary multipoles

(2010) Krassimir D. Danov et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Free energy of colloidal particles at the surface of sessile drops

(2010) J. Guzowski et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Mode-Switching of the Self-Motion of a Camphor Boat Depending on the Diffusion Distance of Camphor Molecules

(2010) Nobuhiko J. Suematsu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Maze Solving by Chemotactic Droplets

(2010) István Lagzi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis and Directed Self-Assembly of Patterned Anisometric Polymeric Particles

(2010) Zhenkun Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Orientation and Self-Assembly of Cylindrical Particles by Anisotropic Capillary Interactions

(2010) Eric P. Lewandowski et al.   LANGMUIR

Colloidal self-assembly at an interface

(2010) Ryan McGorty et al.   Materials Today

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

(2010) Yongmei Zheng et al.   NATURE

Precursor Film in Dynamic Wetting, Electrowetting, and Electro-Elasto-Capillarity

(2010) Quanzi Yuan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Behavior of colloidal particles at a nematic liquid crystal interface†

(2010) Mohamed Amine Gharbi et al.   Soft Matter

Photomanipulation of a Droplet by the Chromocapillary Effect

(2009) Antoine Diguet et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-assembled capillary arrows

(2009) J. C. Loudet et al.   EPL

Drop propulsion in tapered tubes

(2009) P. Renvoisé et al.   EPL

Self-Propelled Oil Droplets Consuming “Fuel” Surfactant

(2009) Taro Toyota et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Self-Assembly and Rheology of Ellipsoidal Particles at Interfaces

(2009) Basavaraj Madivala et al.   LANGMUIR

Force balance of particles trapped at fluid interfaces

(2008) Alvaro Domínguez et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Elasticity-driven droplet movement on a microbeam with gradient stiffness: A biomimetic self-propelling mechanism

(2008) Xiu-Peng Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Propulsion of microboats using isopropyl alcohol as a propellant

(2008) Cheng Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Rotation and Alignment of Anisotropic Particles on Nonplanar Interfaces

(2008) E. P. Lewandowski et al.   LANGMUIR

Droplet Motion on Designed Microtextured Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Tunable Wettability

(2008) Guoping Fang et al.   LANGMUIR

Motion of Drops on a Surface Induced by Thermal Gradient and Vibration

(2008) Srinivas Mettu et al.   LANGMUIR

Surface Tension Transport of Prey by Feeding Shorebirds: The Capillary Ratchet

(2008) M. Prakash et al.   SCIENCE

Oriented assembly of anisotropic particles by capillary interactions

(2008) Eric P. Lewandowski et al.   Soft Matter