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Excellent Liquid Unidirectional Transport Inner Tilted‐Sector Arrayed Tubes

Authors :
Yihe Liu
Haiyang Zhan
Xixing He
Mengfan Zhang
Juncheng Xue
Tianhao Ouyang
Lei Zhao
Yahua Liu
Shile Feng
Source :
Advanced Materials Interfaces, Vol 10, Iss 25, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Wiley-VCH, 2023.

Abstract

Abstract Liquid unidirectional transport exhibits critical applications from water harvesting to microfluidics. Despite extensive progress, implementation of liquid unidirectional transport that is not subjected to the liquid surface tension and injecting velocity also remains a great challenge. Here, a tilted‐sector arrayed tube for excellent liquid unidirectional transport is proposed that applies to a vast width domain of liquid surface tension and injecting velocity. In addition, the transport direction is abnormally against the tilted direction of structure, in stark contrast to the traditional understanding that is along tilted direction. This excellent and unique liquid unidirectional transport is caused by synergistic effects of tilted sectors and tube structures, which induce a unique 3D liquid propagation mode as well as a large Laplace pressure asymmetry between the front and rear sides of the liquid. Moreover, the antigravity climbing, circuit isolating, and chemical reaction controlling can be achieved based on the excellent liquid unidirectional transport. It is envisioned that the design can be extensively applied in microfluidics, lab‐on‐a‐chip devices, and biochemistry microreactors.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21967350
Volume :
10
Issue :
25
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Advanced Materials Interfaces
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1ac80cb8627c4871a351c084935ca440
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202300239