Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 38, Issue 10, 1322(2023)
Transport behavior of liquid droplets based on functional liquid crystal surfaces
Fig. 1. Texture images under polarized microscope.(a)Texture of nematic LC polymer film observed under polarized microscope(cell thickness=125 μm,T=30 ℃,scale bar=200 μm);(b)Texture of smectic LC polymer film observed under polarized microscope(cell thickness=125 μm,T=15 ℃,scale bar=200 μm).
Fig. 2. Encapsulation of water droplet by small LC molecule 8CB on polymerized smectic film. The droplets initially appear as glowing partial sphere and turn into matt droplets surrounded by obvious wetting ridge after the encapsulation process.
Fig. 3. (a)Initial and final positions of the sliding of water droplet along orientation direction of the nematic LC polymer film with the average velocity of 1.9 mm/min;(b)Initial and final positions of the sliding of water droplet along the direction perpendicular to the LC orientation with an average velocity of 1.0 mm/min. The inclination angle of the glass substrate is approximately 1°.
Fig. 4. Texture of 8CB-infused smectic LC polymer film observed under polarized microscope at the temperature of(a)30 ℃,(b)35 ℃ and(c)40 ℃,respectively(thickness of the film=150 μm,scale bar=500 μm).
Fig. 5. Behavior of water droplets on the smectic LC polymer film.(a)Sliding of water droplets along the orientation of the smectic LC polymer film observed under a polarizing microscope(scale bar=500 μm);(b)Average sliding velocity of water droplets in the orientation direction(left)and the direction perpendicular to the orientation direction(right)of the smectic LC polymer film is 1.5 mm/min and 1.0 mm/min,respectively(substrate tilt angle=6°);(c)Contact angles of water droplets at different temperatures on the smectic LC polymer film.
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Yun-jie DOU, Ze-yu WANG, Yang WEI, Ling-ling MA, Yan-qing LU. Transport behavior of liquid droplets based on functional liquid crystal surfaces[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2023, 38(10): 1322
Category: Research Articles
Received: Jun. 12, 2023
Accepted: --
Published Online: Oct. 25, 2023
The Author Email: Yang WEI (yangwei20630@163.com), Ling-ling MA (malingling@nju.edu.cn)