Wetting ridge assisted programmed magnetic actuation of droplets on ferrofluid-infused surface

The actuation of droplets is necessary for several applications, including the quantitative bioanalysis of viruses. Here, authors show a programmable magnetic actuation method to manipulate droplets of various kinds by making use of the spontaneously formed ferrofluid wetting ridges around each drop...

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Main Authors: Jianqiang Zhang, Xuejiao Wang, Zhaoyue Wang, Shangfa Pan, Bo Yi, Liqing Ai, Jun Gao, Frieder Mugele, Xi Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27503-1