ArticleNature nanotechnology2021
Furcated droplet motility on crystalline surfaces.
Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Reconfigurable Slippery Gradient Structure for Programmable Droplet Self-Propulsion.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026Article
- Droplets Self-Draining on the Horizontal Slippery Surface for Real-Time Anti-/De-Icing.Nano-micro letters · 2025Article
- The limit of droplet rebound angle.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Sound-controlled fluidic processor.Science advances · 2025Article
- Trifurcated Splitting of Water Droplets on Engineered Lithium Niobate Surfaces.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2024Article
- Magnetocontrollable droplet mobility on liquid crystal-infused porous surfaces.Nano research · 2023Article
- Light control of droplets on photo-induced charged surfaces.National science review · 2023Article
- Triboelectric wetting for continuous droplet transport.Science advances · 2022Article
- Achieving ultra-stable and superior electricity generation by integrating transistor-like design with lubricant armor.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2022Article
- Droplets in underlying chemical communication recreate cell interaction behaviors.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Determination of the Dielectrophoretic Force Induced by the Photovoltaic Effect on Lithium Niobate.Micromachines · 2022Article
- A review on control of droplet motion based on wettability modulation: principles, design strategies, recent progress, and applications.Science and technology of advanced materials · 2022Review
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Abstract
Directed liquid motion has been conventionally mediated by functionalizing chemical inhomogeneity or texturing topological anisotropy on target surfaces. Here we show the self-propulsion of droplets that furcated in well-defined directions on piezoelectric single crystals in the absence of any apparent asymmetry or external force. By selecting the crystal plane to interface with the droplets, the thermoelastic-piezoelectric interplay yields intricate electric potential profiles, enabling various forms of self-propulsion including unidirectional, bifurcated and trifurcated. This effect originates from an anisotropic crystalline structure that generates contrasting macroscopic liquid behaviours and is observed with cold/hot and volatile droplets. Intrinsically oriented liquid motions have broad applicability in processes ranging from soft matter engineering, autonomous material delivery and thermal management to biochemical analysis.
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