Droplet manipulation techniques such as transport and merging have been widely used in many fields including biology,chemistry,material and energy applications.Moreover,droplet manipulation strategies have been extens...Droplet manipulation techniques such as transport and merging have been widely used in many fields including biology,chemistry,material and energy applications.Moreover,droplet manipulation strategies have been extensively investigated and reviewed in terms of droplet placement on solid surfaces.However,less attention has been paid to the practice of droplet manipulation technology in other environments,limiting our understanding and the broadening of technology application.In this article,we provided an overview of the recent progress in controlling droplets in various situations,including droplet manipulation on a surface mediated by the passive strategy(Laplace pressure and wettability gradients)and active strategy(electric field,magnetic field,light and heat).We also presented the principle of droplet manipulation and detailed the application of bionic surfaces in droplet manipulation,and the applications and prospects of droplet manipulation technology were summarized.展开更多
基金Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province,Grant/Award Number:YDZJ202101ZYTS025Jilin Science and Technology Association,Grant/Award Number:QT202030+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation,Grant/Award Number:2019M661184National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:U19A20103Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China,Grant/Award Number:D17017。
文摘Droplet manipulation techniques such as transport and merging have been widely used in many fields including biology,chemistry,material and energy applications.Moreover,droplet manipulation strategies have been extensively investigated and reviewed in terms of droplet placement on solid surfaces.However,less attention has been paid to the practice of droplet manipulation technology in other environments,limiting our understanding and the broadening of technology application.In this article,we provided an overview of the recent progress in controlling droplets in various situations,including droplet manipulation on a surface mediated by the passive strategy(Laplace pressure and wettability gradients)and active strategy(electric field,magnetic field,light and heat).We also presented the principle of droplet manipulation and detailed the application of bionic surfaces in droplet manipulation,and the applications and prospects of droplet manipulation technology were summarized.
