Ice accretion on solid surfaces, a ubiquitous phenomenon that occurs in winter, brings much
inconvenience to daily life and can even cause serious catastrophes. Icephobic surfaces, a …

Thermocapillary migration in tribological systems such as gearboxes, piston ring-liner
assemblies, or bearings can lead to lubricant starvation and, consequently, to severe …

Lubricated surfaces have shown promise in numerous applications where im**ing foreign
droplets must be removed easily; however, before they can be widely adopted, the problem …

The actuation and control of liquid droplets on a surface have important implications in many
industrial applications and microfluidics. In recent years, various strategies have been used …

Supraparticles are agglomerates of nano-and/or microparticles with sizes ranging from tens
to hundreds of microns, making them more accessible for handling and recovery than the …

Controlled splitting of liquid droplets is a key function in many microfluidic applications. In
recent years, various methodologies have been used to accomplish this task. Here, we …

Icephobic surfaces offer an effective solution to protect the infrastructures subjected to harsh
cold-weather environment and increase their efficiency. Inspired by the Nepenthes pitcher …

Directional transportation of water flow, which is frequently seen in nature, is of not only
great importance to organisms but also crucial demand for advanced science and …

We employ a free-energy lattice-Boltzmann method to study the dynamics of a ternary fluid
system consisting of a liquid drop driven by a body force across a regularly textured …

The current paradigm of self-propelled motion of liquid droplets on surfaces with chemical or
topographical wetting gradients is always mono-directional. In contrast, here, we …