Dual-scale structures enabled selective liquid directional steering (IMAGE)

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

Dual-scale structures enabled selective liquid directional steering

Caption

Liquid spread along different directions on ratchets with identical macroscopic morphology but distinct microgrooves that are arranged perpendicular and parallel to the ratchet-tilting direction, respectively.

Credit

By Jing Sun, Xuezhi Qin, Yuxin Song, Zhenyu Xu, Chao Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhaokun Wang, Bin Wang and Zuankai Wang.

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