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  • Surface science and materials engineering
  • Fluid dynamics and droplet impact phenomena
  • Nanotechnology and advanced manufacturing

Background:

  • Droplet impact on surfaces is common in nature and industry.
  • Existing liquid-repellent surfaces use rigidity or flexibility but have limitations.
  • Strict droplet positioning is a constraint for current asymmetric redistribution and structural oscillation strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To bridge the gap between rigidity-based and flexibility-based liquid-repellent strategies.
  • To introduce a novel flexibility-patterned surface design for enhanced liquid repellency.
  • To demonstrate the synergistic effect of combining asymmetric redistribution and structural oscillation.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a flexibility-patterned surface using three-dimensional projection micro-stereolithography.
  • Investigation of droplet impact dynamics on the novel surface.
  • Evaluation of liquid repellency, including droplet impalement resistance and contact time reduction.
  • Application of the surface for accelerating liquid evaporation.

Main Results:

  • The flexibility-patterned design successfully bridges rigidity and flexibility strategies.
  • Enhanced liquid repellency was achieved, demonstrated by improved impalement resistance.
  • Significant reduction in droplet contact time was observed.
  • The surface effectively accelerated liquid evaporation.

Conclusions:

  • The novel flexibility-patterned surface represents a hybrid solution for liquid repellency.
  • This design exploits the synergistic effect of asymmetric redistribution and structural oscillation.
  • It paves the way for cooperative wettability tuning by combining rigidity and flexibility.
  • The surface shows potential for applications in accelerated liquid evaporation.