Controlled Smart Anisotropic Unidirectional Spreading of Droplet on a Fibrous Surface

Miaoxin Zhang; Lei Wang; Yongping Hou; Weiwei Shi; Shile Feng; Yongmei Zheng

doi:10.1002/adma.201502143

Controlled Smart Anisotropic Unidirectional Spreading of Droplet on a Fibrous Surface

Adv Mater. 2015 Sep 9;27(34):5057-62. doi: 10.1002/adma.201502143. Epub 2015 Jul 21.

Authors

Miaoxin Zhang¹, Lei Wang¹, Yongping Hou¹, Weiwei Shi¹, Shile Feng¹, Yongmei Zheng¹

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.

PMID: 26198463
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201502143

Abstract

Smart anisotropic-unidirectional spreading is displayed on a wettable-gradient-aligned fibrous surface due to a synergetic directing effect from the aligned structure and the ratio of hydrophilic components.

Keywords: anisotropy; bio-inspired materials; droplet spreading; unidirection spreading; wettable gradients.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anisotropy
Chitosan / chemistry*
Hydrodynamics
Polyesters / chemistry*
Wettability*

Substances

Polyesters
Chitosan