Huang, S;
Song, J;
Lu, Y;
Chen, F;
Zheng, H;
Yang, X;
Liu, X;
... Xu, W; + view all
(2016)
Underwater Spontaneous Pumpless Transportation of Nonpolar Organic Liquids on Extreme Wettability Patterns.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
, 8
(5)
pp. 2942-2949.
10.1021/acsami.5b08596.
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Abstract
Spontaneous pumpless transportation (SPT) of liquids has generated tremendous demands in microfluidic systems and advanced devices. However, the transportation of nonpolar organic liquids on open platforms underwater remains a challenge because most existing SPT systems are only designed for use in air. Here, we report a surface-tension-driven SPT system to transport various nonpolar organic liquids using underwater extreme wettability patterns. The patterns were fabricated with a wedge-shaped superoleophilic track on a superoleophobic background by combining CuCl2 etching, stearic acid modification, and mask-based nitrogen cold plasma treatment. Three types of underwater SPT processes-horizontal transport, tilted transport, and directional transport-were studied experimentally and theoretically. For horizontal SPT and tilted SPT, the capillary force was the main driving force, which depended on the wedge angle of the superoleophilic track. The excellent transportation ability of horizontal SPT of underwater liquid droplets was obtained at a wedge angle of 3-5°. The maximum moving height of organic liquids on the tilted SPT transport was obtained at an angle of 8°. For directional SPT, organic liquids did not drop off in the moving process because of the constraint imposed by surface tension, resulting in the sustained directional transport with long distances and complex trajectories.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Underwater Spontaneous Pumpless Transportation of Nonpolar Organic Liquids on Extreme Wettability Patterns |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acsami.5b08596 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b08596 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see [insert ACS Articles on Request author-directed link to Published Work, see: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b08596. |
| Keywords: | Cold plasma, extreme wettability patterns, nonpolar organic liquids, superoleophobic surface, underwater spontaneous pumpless transportation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475637 |
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