Electrowetting and droplet impalement ...
Document type :
Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
DOI :
Title :
Electrowetting and droplet impalement experiments on superhydrophobic multiscale structures
Author(s) :
Lapierre, Florian [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Brunet, Philippe [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Coffinier, Yannick [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Thomy, Vincent [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Blossey, Ralf [Auteur]
Boukherroub, Rabah [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Brunet, Philippe [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Coffinier, Yannick [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Thomy, Vincent [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Blossey, Ralf [Auteur]
Boukherroub, Rabah [Auteur]
Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520 [IEMN]
Journal title :
Faraday Discussions
Pages :
125-139
Publisher :
Royal Society of Chemistry
Publication date :
2010-05-06
ISSN :
1359-6640
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]
English abstract : [en]
The reversible actuation of droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces under ambient conditions is currently an important field of research due to its potential applicability in microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices. We have ...
Show more >The reversible actuation of droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces under ambient conditions is currently an important field of research due to its potential applicability in microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices. We have recently shown that Si-nanowire (NW) surfaces allow for reversible actuation provided that the surface structures show certain characteristics. In particular it appears that, for such surfaces, the presence of structures with multiple specific length scales is indeed needed to have a robust reversibility of contact angle changes. Here we report on electrowetting (EW) and impalement experiments on double-scale structured surfaces prepared by a combination of silicon micropillars prepared by an association of optical lithography and silicon etching, and nanowire growth on top of these surfaces. We show that while micropillar surfaces have a low impalement threshold and irreversible EW behaviour, a surface with double-scale texture can show both a very high resistance to impalement and a limited reversibility under EW, provided that the roughness of the micro-scale is large enough - i.e. that the pillars are tall enough. The optimal performance is obtained for a space between pillars that is comparable to the height of the nanostructure.Show less >
Show more >The reversible actuation of droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces under ambient conditions is currently an important field of research due to its potential applicability in microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices. We have recently shown that Si-nanowire (NW) surfaces allow for reversible actuation provided that the surface structures show certain characteristics. In particular it appears that, for such surfaces, the presence of structures with multiple specific length scales is indeed needed to have a robust reversibility of contact angle changes. Here we report on electrowetting (EW) and impalement experiments on double-scale structured surfaces prepared by a combination of silicon micropillars prepared by an association of optical lithography and silicon etching, and nanowire growth on top of these surfaces. We show that while micropillar surfaces have a low impalement threshold and irreversible EW behaviour, a surface with double-scale texture can show both a very high resistance to impalement and a limited reversibility under EW, provided that the roughness of the micro-scale is large enough - i.e. that the pillars are tall enough. The optimal performance is obtained for a space between pillars that is comparable to the height of the nanostructure.Show less >
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