A fishbone-inspired liquid splitter enables directional droplet transportation and spontaneous separation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A fishbone-inspired liquid splitter enables directional droplet transportation and spontaneous separation

Published:2021 Issue:15 Volume:9 Page:9719-9728
ISSN:2050-7488
Container-title:Journal of Materials Chemistry A
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mater. Chem. A

Author:

Cui Zehang¹²³⁴⁵,Xiao Lin¹²³⁴⁵,Li Yaoxia¹²³⁴⁵,Zhang Yabin¹²³⁴⁵,Li Guoqiang¹²³⁴⁵,Bai Haoyu⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰,Tang Xiaoxuan¹²³⁴⁵,Zhou Maolin¹²³⁴⁵,Fang Jiahao¹²³⁴⁵,Guo Long¹¹¹²¹³¹⁰,Liu Senyun¹¹¹²¹³¹⁰,Xiao Chunhua¹¹¹²¹³¹⁰,Cao Moyuan⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Manufacture Science and Engineering

2. Key Laboratory of Testing Technology for Manufacturing Process

3. Ministry of Education

4. Southwest University of Science and Technology

5. Mianyang 621010

6. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering

7. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology

8. Tianjin University

9. Tianjin 300072

10. P. R. China

11. Low Speed Aerodynamics Institute

12. China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center

13. Mianyang

Abstract

Inspired by the directional wettability of the fishbone, a novel assembled fish-spine-like liquid splitter is prepared, achieving directional self-transport and separation of the mixed droplets in a specific surface tension range.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/TA/D1TA00927C

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