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Self-Driven Droplet on the Bilayer Two-Dimensional Materials and Nanoscale Channel with Controllable Gradient Wettability
Hongfei Ye1,*, Chenguang Yin1, Jian Wang1, Yonggang Zheng1, Hongwu Zhang1
1 International Research Center for Computational Mechanics, State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis, Optimization
and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Faculty of Vehicle Engineering and
Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
* Corresponding Author: Hongfei Ye. Email:
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences 2023, 27(1), 1-1. https://doi.org/10.32604/icces.2023.09741
Abstract
The wetting behavior is ubiquitous in natural phenomenon as well as engineering application. As an intrinsic
property of solid surface, the wettability with a controllable gradient has been an attractive issue with a
wide application in various fields, including microfluidic devices, self-driven transport, biotechnologies, etc.
Generally, it often requires elaborate design of microstructure or its response under the electrical, thermal,
optical, pH stimuli, etc. However, the relevant complex underlying mechanism makes it difficult to construct
quantitative relations between the wettability and the external field for the fine design. In this work, based
on the bilayer two-dimensional materials, a simple controlling method of the wettability gradient is
established. Molecular dynamics simulation is utilized to examine the controlling strategy and its
performance for self-driven motion of water droplet. The results show that the coupling wettability of the
bilayer materials always develops towards the hydrophilicity relative to the wettability of the upper layer.
But the variation extent becomes small with increasing the interlayer distance, and the coupling wettability
approaches the wettability of the upper layer material gradually. For this simple controlling strategy, a
theoretical model of governing relationship is established based on the work of adhesion, which correlates
the overall surface wettability with the interlayer distance and the wettabilities of individual materials.
Based on the varying interlayer distance, the uniform gradient wettability can be achieved through inclining
the bottom material. Thus, a surface with the bilayer two-dimensional materials and a channel composed of
two gradient surfaces are constructed for droplet transport, respectively. The results indicate the
spontaneous and steady motion of droplet under the corresponding gradient wettability. A theoretical
model is proposed to describe the acceleration behavior of the droplet, which reveals the crucial role of the
bottom layer. The present work provides essential guidelines for manipulating two-dimensional materials
to design unconventional wettability surfaces, paving new routes to many applications such as micro-fluidic
chip, virus diagnosis, intelligent sensor, etc.
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APA Style
Ye, H., Yin, C., Wang, J., Zheng, Y., Zhang, H. (2023). Self-driven droplet on the bilayer two-dimensional materials and nanoscale channel with controllable gradient wettability. The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, 27(1), 1-1. https://doi.org/10.32604/icces.2023.09741
Vancouver Style
Ye H, Yin C, Wang J, Zheng Y, Zhang H. Self-driven droplet on the bilayer two-dimensional materials and nanoscale channel with controllable gradient wettability. Int Conf Comput Exp Eng Sciences . 2023;27(1):1-1 https://doi.org/10.32604/icces.2023.09741
IEEE Style
H. Ye, C. Yin, J. Wang, Y. Zheng, and H. Zhang "Self-Driven Droplet on the Bilayer Two-Dimensional Materials and Nanoscale Channel with Controllable Gradient Wettability," Int. Conf. Comput. Exp. Eng. Sciences , vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 1-1. 2023. https://doi.org/10.32604/icces.2023.09741