Study on repetitive damage-recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) applications
Abstract This study is focusing on the durability of fluoropolymer hydrophobic coatings against falling droplets. Devices such as smart self-cleaning lens or droplet-based energy generators are open-air electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) devices, which are applications that utilize falling droplets...
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| description | Abstract This study is focusing on the durability of fluoropolymer hydrophobic coatings against falling droplets. Devices such as smart self-cleaning lens or droplet-based energy generators are open-air electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) devices, which are applications that utilize falling droplets. Therefore, the hydrophobic coatings of these devices are exposed to environment factors such as raindrop, and it is necessary to examine the durability of hydrophobic coatings in similar environments and the effectiveness of recovery. Thus, in this study, we simulate raindrops to damage samples with various thicknesses of Cytop (CTX-809SP2). Subsequently, damaged samples are heated to recover their hydrophobicity, and we repeat this damage-recovery cycle several times to evaluate the long-term durability of hydrophobic coating. The EWOD samples of three different hydrophobic coating thicknesses (0.1 μm, 0.5 μm, and 1.0 μm) are damaged by falling droplets from a certain height for 10 days. The damaged samples are then recovered by heating them on a hot plate at 200 ℃ for 24 h and evaluate their EWOD performance. In addition, the hydrophobic coatings are repeatedly damaged and recovered several times to examine the number of recovery limitations of the coatings. After the second damage-recovery cycle, the thickest hydrophobic coating sample shows 7 % better EWOD performance than others. Additionally, after the third damage-recovery cycle, the EWOD performance of all samples significantly degrade, experimentally verifying the number of recovery limitations of the hydrophobic coating. The results of this study are expected to provide useful information for open-air EWOD devices on the methods for evaluating their durability and the thickness selection of hydrophobic coating. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a83f6a4c71674b3d95f98365cecab8b42024-01-14T12:32:16ZengSpringerOpenMicro and Nano Systems Letters2213-96212024-01-0112111110.1186/s40486-023-00197-4Study on repetitive damage-recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) applicationsYoungdoo Son0Woochan Kim1Daeyoung Lee2Sang Kug Chung3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji UniversityAbstract This study is focusing on the durability of fluoropolymer hydrophobic coatings against falling droplets. Devices such as smart self-cleaning lens or droplet-based energy generators are open-air electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) devices, which are applications that utilize falling droplets. Therefore, the hydrophobic coatings of these devices are exposed to environment factors such as raindrop, and it is necessary to examine the durability of hydrophobic coatings in similar environments and the effectiveness of recovery. Thus, in this study, we simulate raindrops to damage samples with various thicknesses of Cytop (CTX-809SP2). Subsequently, damaged samples are heated to recover their hydrophobicity, and we repeat this damage-recovery cycle several times to evaluate the long-term durability of hydrophobic coating. The EWOD samples of three different hydrophobic coating thicknesses (0.1 μm, 0.5 μm, and 1.0 μm) are damaged by falling droplets from a certain height for 10 days. The damaged samples are then recovered by heating them on a hot plate at 200 ℃ for 24 h and evaluate their EWOD performance. In addition, the hydrophobic coatings are repeatedly damaged and recovered several times to examine the number of recovery limitations of the coatings. After the second damage-recovery cycle, the thickest hydrophobic coating sample shows 7 % better EWOD performance than others. Additionally, after the third damage-recovery cycle, the EWOD performance of all samples significantly degrade, experimentally verifying the number of recovery limitations of the hydrophobic coating. The results of this study are expected to provide useful information for open-air EWOD devices on the methods for evaluating their durability and the thickness selection of hydrophobic coating.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40486-023-00197-4Falling dropletsContact angleContact angle hysteresisHeat-treatedFluoropolymer hydrophobic coating |
| spellingShingle | Youngdoo Son Woochan Kim Daeyoung Lee Sang Kug Chung Study on repetitive damage-recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) applications Micro and Nano Systems Letters Falling droplets Contact angle Contact angle hysteresis Heat-treated Fluoropolymer hydrophobic coating |
| title | Study on repetitive damage-recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) applications |
| title_full | Study on repetitive damage-recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) applications |
| title_fullStr | Study on repetitive damage-recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Study on repetitive damage-recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) applications |
| title_short | Study on repetitive damage-recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) applications |
| title_sort | study on repetitive damage recovery cycle of hydrophobic coating for electrowetting on dielectric ewod applications |
| topic | Falling droplets Contact angle Contact angle hysteresis Heat-treated Fluoropolymer hydrophobic coating |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40486-023-00197-4 |
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