Droplet manipulation on superhydrophobic surfaces based on external stimulation: A review

C Yang, Q Zeng, J Huang, Z Guo - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic surfaces are smart surfaces with high water contact angles and low
surface energy. When water droplets rest on superhydrophobic surfaces, they often stay at …

Efficient Surfactant‐Mediated Photovoltaic Manipulation of fL‐Scale Aqueous Microdroplets for Diverse Optofluidic Applications on LiNbO3 Platform

Z Gao, J Yan, L Shi, X Liu, M Wang, C Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrodeless biocompatible manipulation of femtoliter‐scale aqueous microdroplets
remains challenging. The appropriate isolation of electrostatic charges from femtoliter‐scale …

Light‐Responsive Materials in Droplet Manipulation for Biochemical Applications

G Cheng, CY Kuan, KW Lou, YP Ho - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Miniaturized droplets, characterized by well‐controlled microenvironments and capability for
parallel processing, have significantly advanced the studies on enzymatic evolution …

Opto-microfluidic coupling between optical waveguides and tilted microchannels in lithium niobate

R Zamboni, L Gauthier-Manuel, A Zaltron… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This work presents a reconfigurable opto-microfluidic coupling between optical waveguides
and tilted microfluidic channels in monolithic lithium niobate crystal. The light path …

Light‐Induced Virtual Electrodes for Microfluidic Droplet Electro‐Coalescence

R Zamboni, C Sebastián‐Vicente… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Electro‐coalescence is the fusion phenomenon between a pair or more microfluidic droplets
that are immersed in an immiscible medium under an electric field. This technique is …

Dielectrophoresis-electrophoresis transition during the photovoltaic manipulation of water microdroplets on LiNbO3:Fe platform

B Gao, X Cao, C Wang, Z Gao, X Liu, M Wang, J Yan… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The abrupt behaviors of microdroplets during the LN-based photovoltaic manipulation may
cause the transient instability and even failure of the microfluidic manipulation. In this paper …

Recent advances in the preparation of superhydrophobic coatings based on low-surface-energy modifiers: Diversified properties and potential applications

H Chu, Z Liu, T Ji, C Yang, N Xu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The self-cleaning properties of bionic superhydrophobic coatings have gained widespread
attention and have shown tremendous potential in numerous fields. However …

Micro-patterns of gold nanoparticles assembled by photovoltaic optoelectronic tweezers: application to plasmonic fluorescence enhancement

I Elvira, A Puerto, G Mínguez-Vega… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Noble metal nanostructures are well-known for their ability to increase the efficiency of
different optical or physical phenomena due to their plasmonic behavior. This work presents …

Light-assisted patterning of salt precipitation on photovoltaic LiNbO3 substrates

J Hernández-Gutiérrez, C Sebastián-Vicente… - The European Physical …, 2024 - Springer
The control of salt crystallization on a surface has important implications in many
technological and industrial applications. In this work, we propose and demonstrate an …

铌酸锂基表面活性剂辅助的水合液滴光伏输运研究.

师丽红, 高作轩, 阎文博 - Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
本文提出了一种利用表面活性剂辅助的水合液滴光伏输运方法. 该方法通过油/水/铌酸锂界面上
非离子表面活性剂(Span 80) 的自组装分子层, 将光伏电荷隔离. 利用表面活性剂分子层提供的 …