This review article provides a brief summary of recent research progress on anisotropic
wetting on one‐dimensional (1D) and directionally patterned surfaces, as well as the …

A surface is said to be isotropic in wettability when the contact angles measured in all
direction are identical. On the contrary, once a surface shows distinct contact angles in …

The contact angle Θ measured on rough, absorbing substrates is known to decrease with
proceeding imbibition of the drop. We demonstrate that the impact of three absorption …

The wetting transition from the Cassie–Baxter state to the Wenzel state on textured surfaces
was investigated. Nano-to microscale hexagonal pillared lattices were prepared by …

The exploitation of superwetting surfaces including non-wetted (liquid contact angle> 150°)
and fully-wetted (liquid contact angle< 10°) surfaces has a long history, and it is still a hot …

The initial spreading of glycerol and silicon oil droplets on smooth, corrugated, and
orthogonal surfaces is numerically investigated by an effective, sharp-interface modeling …

Surface roughening has long been used to confer materials remarkable wetting properties,
such as super hydrophobicity. When roughness belongs to the microscale, existing models …

Different model Lennard-Jones solid-liquid interfaces have been considered. In the systems,
either the interaction strength between solid and liquid was varied, or the topography of the …

Surface topographies of various sizes, shapes, and spatial organization abound in nature.
They endow properties such as super-hydrophobicity, reversible adhesion, anti-fouling, self …

Releasing fluids from nanochannels is quite challenging, yet crucial for the application of
nanofluidic systems, eg drug delivery and nanoprinting. Previous work suggests that the …