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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Wetting Transitions of Liquid Gallium Film on Nanopillar-Decorated Graphene Surfaces.

Junjun Wang, Tao Li, Yifan Li, Yunrui Duan, Yanyan Jiang, Hamidreza Arandiyan, Hui Li

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Wetting between Cassie-Baxter and Wenzel regimes: a cellular model approach.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Junjun WangKey Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China. wangjunjun_1019@hotmail.com.
Tao LiKey Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China. lt1126322737@hotmail.com.
Yifan LiKey Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China. liyifan12181123@hotmail.com.
Yunrui DuanKey Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China. yrduan@outlook.com.
Yanyan JiangKey Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China. yanyan.jiang@sdu.edu.cn.
Hamidreza ArandiyanLaboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia. hamid.arandiyan@sydney.edu.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-5633-3945
Hui LiKey Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China. lihuilmy@hotmail.com.
Shandong University · CNThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51671114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has been employed to study the wetting transitions of liquid gallium droplet on the graphene surfaces, which are decorated with three types of carbon nanopillars, and to explore the effect of the surface roughness and morphology on the wettability of liquid Ga. The simulation results showed that, at the beginning, the Ga film looks like an upside-down dish on the rough surface, different from that on the smooth graphene surface, and its size is crucial to the final state of liquid. Ga droplets exhibit a Cassie⁻Baxter (CB) state, a Wenzel state, a Mixed Wetting state, and a dewetting state on the patterned surfaces by changing distribution and the morphology of nanopillars. Top morphology of nanopillars has a direct impact on the wetting transition of liquid Ga. There are three transition states for the two types of carbon nanotube (CNT) substrates and two for the carbon nanocone (CNC) one. Furthermore, we have found that the substrates show high or low adhesion to the Ga droplet with the variation of their roughness and top morphology. With the roughness decreasing, the adhesion energy of the substrate decreases. With the same roughness, the CNC/graphene surface has the lowest adhesion energy, followed by CNT/graphene and capped CNT/graphene surfaces. Our findings provide not only valid support to previous works but also reveal new theories on the wetting model of the metal droplet on the rough substrates.

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GalliumGraphiteMolecular Dynamics SimulationNanotubes, CarbonParticle SizeSurface PropertiesWettabilityGalliumGraphiteNanotubes, Carbonadhesion energyliquid galliumnanopillar-decorated graphene surfacewetting transition

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PMID30241288
PMCPMC6222343
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