Multifunctional Magnetocontrollable Superwettable-Microcilia Surface for Directional Droplet Manipulation.

ABSTRACT: In nature, fluid manipulations are ubiquitous in organisms, and they are crucial for many of their vital activities. Therefore, this process has also attracted widescale research attention. However, despite significant advances in fluid transportation research over the past few decades, it is still hugely challenging to achieve efficient and nondestructive droplet transportation owing to contamination effects and controllability problems in liquid transportation applications. To this end, inspired by the motile microcilia of micro-organisms, the superhydrophobicity of lotus leaves, the underwater superoleophobicity of filefish skin, and pigeons' migration behavior, a novel manipulation strategy is developed for droplets motion. Specifically, herein, a superwettable magnetic microcilia arra

SUBMITTER: Ben S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6724473 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature