Femtosecond laser direct-written asymmetric microgrooves driving anti-gravity uphill climbing of Leidenfrost droplets (IMAGE)

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

Femtosecond laser direct-written asymmetric microgrooves driving anti-gravity uphill climbing of Leidenfrost droplets

Caption

Asymmetric microgrooves fabricated via femtosecond laser direct writing under nonideal processing conditions can effectively drive the directional motion of Leidenfrost droplets.

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By Keyi Zhang§, Yuping Ma§, Yubin Peng*, Mingyang Wang, Xueli Jiang, Zhixiang Zhao, Peng Kang, Cunyuan Chen, Zhenrui Chen, Kai Mu, Ting Si and Jiale Yong*

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