Microscale Surface Tension and Its Applications

• Main Author: Lambert, Pierre (auth)
• Other Authors: Mastrangeli, Massimo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; electrodynamic screen; soft tissue; microstructure; mist capillary self-alignment; droplet; lab-on-a-chip; mixing; nanoprecipitation; asymmetric surfaces; gecko setae; oil-water interface; non-invasive control; self-cleaning surface; corrosive resistance; micropipette-technique; hydrophobic; wettability gradient; lung-surfactants; hydrophilic; dynamic; vibrations; superhydrophobic; microasssembly; adsorption; wetting; photochemical reaction; contact line oscillation; 355 nm UV laser; capillary; computational fluid dynamics; bearing; solutal Marangoni effect; relaxation oscillations; superhydrophilic; microtexture melting; rigid gas permeable contact lenses; hydrophilic/superhydrophobic patterned surfaces; polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replication; microfabrication; actuation; droplet transport; "droplet-interface-bilayers"; microfluidics; electrosurgical scalpels; continuous-flow reactor; air-water surface; micromanufacturing; surface treatment; liquid bridge; stereolithography; super-hydrophobic; two-phase flow; hot drop; durable; insoluble lipids; anti-sticking; smart superhydrophobic surface; droplet manipulation; "black lipid films"; condensation; pick-and-place; wettability; gas-microbubbles; soft robotics; capillary pressure; superomniphobic; self-lubricating slippery surface; electrowetting; soluble surfactant; anisotropic ratchet conveyor; Nasturtium leaf; droplets; photoresponsible surfactant; two-photon polymerization; contact angle; adhesion; transport; pick and place; surface tension; oil-microdroplets; micromanipulation; laser die transfer; capillary gripper; equilibrium
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Building on advances in miniaturization and soft matter, surface tension effects are a major key to the development of soft/fluidic microrobotics. Benefiting from scaling laws, surface tension and capillary effects can enable sensing, actuation, adhesion, confinement, compliance, and other structura...