TY - JOUR
T1 - Topography-Regulated Disorder-to-Order Transition of Condensation Droplets
AU - Sun, Jing
AU - Zhou, Yongsen
AU - Chen, Xuan
AU - Wang, Zuankai
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge the financial support from Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (nos. 11217518, C1018-17G, 11275216, and 11218417), City University of Hong Kong (nos. 9680212 and 9610375) and Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council (no. JCYJ20170413141208098).
Funding Information:
We acknowledge the financial support from Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (nos. 11217518, C1018-17G, 11275216, and 11218417), City University of Hong Kong (nos. 9680212 and 9610375), and Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council (no. JCYJ20170413141208098).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2020/6/9
Y1 - 2020/6/9
N2 - Condensation of water vapor is a random, transient, and multiscale process prevalent in a variety of natural and industrial processes. Here, we demonstrate that it is possible to transform the disordered distribution of condensate droplets into temporary ordered arrays on chemically homogeneous but physically heterogeneous surfaces, a phenomenon that has not been systematically investigated in a previous study. We show that such a disorder-to-order transition demands an exquisite competition between the length scales of droplets and cavities. In particular, the confinement effect imposed by the patterned cavities should be well controlled to allow the energetically favorable transition.
AB - Condensation of water vapor is a random, transient, and multiscale process prevalent in a variety of natural and industrial processes. Here, we demonstrate that it is possible to transform the disordered distribution of condensate droplets into temporary ordered arrays on chemically homogeneous but physically heterogeneous surfaces, a phenomenon that has not been systematically investigated in a previous study. We show that such a disorder-to-order transition demands an exquisite competition between the length scales of droplets and cavities. In particular, the confinement effect imposed by the patterned cavities should be well controlled to allow the energetically favorable transition.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00693
DO - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00693
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32393035
AN - SCOPUS:85086286582
SN - 0743-7463
VL - 36
SP - 6188
EP - 6192
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
IS - 22
ER -