2008
DOI: 10.1063/1.2840725
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Electrospray on superhydrophobic nozzles treated with argon and oxygen plasma

Abstract: We report on a simple process to fabricate electrohydrodynamic spraying devices with superhydrophobic nozzles. These devices are useful, among other things, in mass spectrometry and printing technology. The superhydrophobic nozzle is created by roughening the surface of the polyfluorotetraethylene (PTFE) by argon and oxygen plasma treatment. We have developed a polymer-based electrospray device with a flat, superhydrophobic nozzle capable of maintaining a high contact angle and stable jetting.

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“…The ideas, engineering requirements and some climate impacts associated with MCB have been significantly explored by more recent studies [311]. …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The ideas, engineering requirements and some climate impacts associated with MCB have been significantly explored by more recent studies [311]. …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Generation and manipulation of tiny liquid droplets (down to micro‐ or nanoliter scale) and fine bubbles have attracted an ever increasing amount of interest because of the broad applications, such as liquid transportation, inkjet printing, high‐resolution three‐dimensional (3D) printing, cell engineering, micro‐reactor, bio‐analysis, bio‐sensing, energy production, chemical engineering, and environmental remediation . Signicant efforts have been devoted from scientific and industrial communities to produce smaller droplets by reducing the nozzle size or through assistance of special driving mechanisms (e. g., mechanical‐, electrical‐, and thermal‐driven equipments) in the past . However, the traditional nozzles and dispensing methods still face many limitations.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In nature, the surfaces of many plants and animals show various special wettabilities. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Lotus leaf has great water repellence and ultralow adhesion to water droplets, allowing rain droplets and dewdrops to easily roll on its surface and take contaminations away (called "self-cleaning effect"). [21,22] Such superhydrophobicity is ascribed to the hierarchical rough papillae and the hydrophobic wax crystal layer covering on the lotus leaf.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These water‐in‐oil droplet systems drastically increase throughput rates as each nanoliter droplet functions as a separate reaction vessel. Despite progress, development of compact low‐cost tools capable of contamination‐free nanoliter droplet manipulation remains elusive, and current approaches are based on bulky mechanical‐, thermal, electrical, and pyroelectrodynamics‐driven systems. These latter designs may experience contamination stemming from liquid residue adhering to the surfaces of tips or nozzles .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%