Capillary Wicking on <i>Heliamphora minor</i>-Mimicking Mesoscopic Trichomes Array

Liquid spontaneously spreads on rough lyophilic surfaces, and this is driven by capillarity and defined as capillary wicking. Extensive studies on microtextured surfaces have been applied to microfluidics and their corresponding manufacturing. However, the imbibition at mesoscale roughness has seldo...

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Main Authors: Fenglin Chen, Ziyang Cheng, Lei Jiang, Zhichao Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Biomimetics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/9/2/102