The investigation of de-icing and uni-directional droplet driven on a soft liquid-metal chip controlled through electrical current

Lei Wang; Shihui Zhan; Peng Qin; Shousheng Tang; Jing Yang; Wenbo Yu; Yongping Hou; Jing Liu

doi:10.1016/j.jtice.2019.10.018

The investigation of de-icing and uni-directional droplet driven on a soft liquid-metal chip controlled through electrical current

Lei Wang
, Shihui Zhan
, Peng Qin
, Shousheng Tang
, Jing Yang
, Wenbo Yu
, Yongping Hou^*
, Jing Liu

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Chemistry

CAS - Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology
Beijing Jiaotong University
Tsinghua University

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Abstract

To realize the functions of de-icing and self-propelling of droplet, one soft and superhydrophobic microfluidic chip (SMC) equipped with the liquid metal was successfully fabricated in this work. After modification via nanostructures and lower surface free energy cover, the SMC surface shows self-cleaning performance. The surface not only could realize self-propelling of droplet at room temperature but also uni-directional de-icing even −30 °C after melting. The results indicate the driving force is induced by the thermal gradient, which is generated by resistance heating of liquid metal (GaIn_24.5). This study is significant for extending the applications of microfluidic chip in low temperature condition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-197
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
Volume	106
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2019.10.018
State	Published - Jan 2020

Keywords

De-icing
Liquid metal
Self-propelling
Soft
Superhydrophobic microfluidic chip

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