TY - GEN
T1 - Nanowire self-assembly in droplet evaporation on superhydrophobic surfaces
AU - Leeladhar, Rajesh
AU - Xu, Wei
AU - Tsai, Yao Tsan
AU - Yang, Eui Hyeok
AU - Choi, Chang Hwan
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper reports on the self-assembly of nanowires by the simple droplet evaporation of nanofluid (nanowires dispersed in liquid medium, e.g., water) on the superhydrophobic surfaces of systematically controlled microstructured patterns. The surface microstructure patterns (e.g., spacing) significantly affected the evaporation kinetics (e.g., contact angle and contact line dynamics) and wetting (e.g., transition from de-wetting to wetting state) of the nanofluid droplets, resulting in the unique self-assembly patterns of nanowires on the superhydrophobic surfaces (e.g., better assembly and alignment on denser microstructures).
AB - This paper reports on the self-assembly of nanowires by the simple droplet evaporation of nanofluid (nanowires dispersed in liquid medium, e.g., water) on the superhydrophobic surfaces of systematically controlled microstructured patterns. The surface microstructure patterns (e.g., spacing) significantly affected the evaporation kinetics (e.g., contact angle and contact line dynamics) and wetting (e.g., transition from de-wetting to wetting state) of the nanofluid droplets, resulting in the unique self-assembly patterns of nanowires on the superhydrophobic surfaces (e.g., better assembly and alignment on denser microstructures).
KW - Evaporation
KW - Nanowire
KW - Self-assembly
KW - Superhydrophobic surface
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84901775852
SN - 9780979806421
T3 - Proceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
SP - 878
EP - 880
BT - Proceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
T2 - 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2009
Y2 - 1 November 2009 through 5 November 2009
ER -