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SUBMITTER: Box F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6769310 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Box Finn F Thorogood Chris C Hui Guan Jian J
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface 20190904 158
We show how anisotropic, grooved features facilitate the trapping and directed transport of droplets on lubricated, liquid-shedding surfaces. Capillary action pins droplets to topographic surface features, enabling transport along the feature while inhibiting motion across (or detachment from) the feature. We demonstrate the robustness of this capillary-based mechanism for directed droplet transport on slippery surfaces by combining experiments on synthetic, lubricant-infused surfaces with obser ...[more]