Experimental Study for the Movement of Liquid Droplets on the Surface with Gradient Surface Energy
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By using the chemical vapor deposition (CVD), a surface with gradient surface energy is fabricated based on the treated silicon chip. The dodecyltrichlorosilane (C_(12)H_(25)Cl_3Si) and Octrytrichlorosilane (C_(8)H_(17)Cl_3Si) are used as the source of silanization. By using the measurement of sessile drop method, the surface with gradient surface energy was characterized by measuring the contact angle of small water which lied on the surface of the treated silicon chip. The experiment shows the liquid droplets are driven to move from hydrophobic to hydrophilic zone on the gradient surface which is placed horizontally, the diameter of the droplets are 1~3 mm, and the single droplet reached the maximum velocity of up to 0.9 m/s. Based on the experimental results, the mechanical of the movement of the liquid droplet on the gradient surface is researched.
