Method of controlling water droplet movement using microfluidic device

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PATENT NO 8905078
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13282817

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Provided is a method of controlling water droplet movement including providing a substrate including a superhydrophobic surface on which a hydrophilic channel guiding water droplet movement is patterned, introducing a water droplet on the substrate, and modulating a slope of the superhydrophobic surface for the water droplet to move on the superhydrophobic surface along the hydrophilic channel. Here, a width of the hydrophilic channel is modulated for the water droplet to move on the superhydrophobic surface having a certain angle with respect to a ground.

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KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY291 DAEHAK-RO YUSEONG-GU DAEJEON 34141 34141

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Kang, Sung-Min Incheon, KR 22 252
Lee, Hae-Shin Daejeon, KR 1 5
You, In-Seong Chungcheongnam-do, KR 1 5

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