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中国物理学会期刊

纳米结构及浸润性对液滴润湿行为的影响

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.70.20201584

Effects of base angle and wettability of nanostructures on droplet wetting behaviors

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.70.20201584
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  • 液滴在纳米结构表面的润湿模式研究(Dewetting, Cassie, Partial Wenzel及Wenzel)对强化冷凝、表面自清洁、油水分离等具有重要意义, 现有文献主要研究了液滴在微柱阵列纳米结构表面的润湿行为. 本文采用分子动力学模拟, 研究了纳米结构倾角及表面浸润性对氩液滴在铂固体壁面上润湿模式及其相互转换的影响, 采用了三种纳米结构, 其倾角分别为60° (倒梯形)、90° (长方形)及120° (正梯形); 以本征接触角θe表征表面浸润性. 研究表明, 当θe < 118°时, 液滴在纳米结构表面均呈Wenzel状态, 即液体向纳米结构缝隙完全渗透; 当118° < θe < 145°时, 倒梯形纳米结构有助于液滴保持Cassie状态, 即液体不向纳米结构缝隙渗透, 正梯形纳米结构容易使液滴形成Partial Wenzel状态, 即液体向纳米结构缝隙部分渗透. 分析表明, 三种纳米结构倾角对液滴润湿模式的影响及转换满足自由能最小原理. 本文工作揭示出采用倒置纳米结构, 可使液滴更好维持Cassie模式.

     

    The wetting modes of droplet on nanostructure surface including Cassie, Partial Wenzel, and Wenzel are of great importance in enhancing the condensation heat transfer, surface self-cleaning and oil-water separation. Previous studies focused mainly on the behaviors of droplets on the surface of nano-pillar structures. In this work, the wetting behaviors of argon nanodroplet on platinum surface is investigated by the molecular dynamics simulations. The effects of nanostructure geometry parameters and characteristic contact angle θe on the wetting mode and the transition between different modes are investigated. The three-dimensional simulation box includes a bottom wall containing trapezoid wires (TWs) with different geometry parameters and other five surfaces. The TWs are populated on the wall based on the array arrangement. The periodic boundary conditions are imposed on the four side surfaces of the simulation box. The base angles of the side surface of TW with respect to horizontal plane are chosen as 60° (inverted TW), 90° (rectangular pin fin) and 120° (TW), respectively. For all the three base angles, the nanostructure surface can be completely wetted by liquid, behaving as the Wenzel mode when θe < 118°, under which the gaps of nanostructures are filled with liquid. However, when the characteristic contact angle θe is in a range of 118°–145°, the base angles of nanostructures have different effects on wetting modes. The surface with inverted TWs (60° base angle) is conducive to keeping droplet in Cassie mode, in which the liquid does not penetrate into any gap of nanostructures. The surface with rectangular pin fins behaves as either Partial Wenzel mode or Cassie mode. The transition between the two modes takes place at θe ~130°. The surface with TWs (120° base angle) keeps the droplet in Partial Wenzel mode, in which the gaps of nanostructures are partially wetted by liquid. For θe larger than 145°, the dewetting process takes place on the surface of the nanostructure, in which the droplet leaves the solid surface. We conclude that the wetting modes on nanostructured surface satisfy the minimum surface energy principle. Our work discloses a new finding that the surface with inverted TWs is easy to maintain Cassie mode, which is good for dropwise condensation applications.

     

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