External-Field-Induced Gradient Wetting for Controllable Liquid Transport : From Movement on the Surface to Penetration into the Surface

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 29(2017), 45 vom: 14. Dez.
1. Verfasser: Li, Yan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: He, Linlin, Zhang, Xiaofang, Zhang, Na, Tian, Dongliang
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article Review directional motion external-field-responsive patterning selective separation wettability gradient
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Zusammenfassung:© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
External-field-responsive liquid transport has received extensive research interest owing to its important applications in microfluidic devices, biological medical, liquid printing, separation, and so forth. To realize different levels of liquid transport on surfaces, the balance of the dynamic competing processes of gradient wetting and dewetting should be controlled to achieve good directionality, confined range, and selectivity of liquid wetting. Here, the recent progress in external-field-induced gradient wetting is summarized for controllable liquid transport from movement on the surface to penetration into the surface, particularly for liquid motion on, patterned wetting into, and permeation through films on superwetting surfaces with external field cooperation (e.g., light, electric fields, magnetic fields, temperature, pH, gas, solvent, and their combinations). The selected topics of external-field-induced liquid transport on the different levels of surfaces include directional liquid motion on the surface based on the wettability gradient under an external field, partial entry of a liquid into the surface to achieve patterned surface wettability for printing, and liquid-selective permeation of the film for separation. The future prospects of external-field-responsive liquid transport are also discussed
Beschreibung:Date Completed 18.07.2018
Date Revised 01.10.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201703802