Anisotropic Wetting on Microstrips Surface Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser

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• 作者：Feng Chen ; Dongshi Zhang ; Qing Yang ; Xianhua Wang ; Baojiang Dai ; Xiangming Li ; Xiuqing Hao ; Yucheng Ding ; Jinhai Si ; Xun Hou
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：January 4, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：27
• 期：1
• 页码：359-365
• 全文大小：1036K
• 年卷期：v.27,no.1(January 4, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

In this paper, we present a new method to realize anisotropy by restricting a droplet on an unstructured Si hydrophobic domain between two superhydrophobic strips fabricated by femtosecond laser. The water contact angles and corresponding water baseline length were investigated. The results showed that anisotropy would vary with the volume-induced pinning鈭抎epinning鈭抮epinning behavior of the droplet. Furthermore, through the observation of water response on small Si domain, the adhesive force of the structure is proven to be the key factor giving rise to the anisotropy wetting. This phenomenon could potentially be used as a model for fundamental research, and such structures could be utilized to control large volume in microfluidic devices, lab-on-chip system, microreactors, and self-cleaning surfaces.