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On-demand contact line pinning during droplet evaporation (1905.06149v1)

Published 15 May 2019 in physics.flu-dyn and cond-mat.soft

Abstract: Depending on the contact line motion, colloid-rich drolets evaporation can leave a ring-like or a spot-like residue. Herein, we determine this outcome by controlling the contact line motion using coplanar direct current electrowetting-on-dielectrics (DC-EWOD). Combined with theoretical calculations of the droplet shape and its evaporation rate, the time-dependent actuation voltage is first derived from experiments and simulations. Thanks to the additional control over the contact angle, the contact line can be maintained in pinned state even on surfaces that exhibit little contact angle hysteresis such as homogenous flat Teflon coatings. In the absence of EWOD control, polystyrene particles and Escherichia coli suspended in the droplet formed a dot-like pattern at the center of the initial contact, whereas application of the mechanism resulted in ring-like patterns of a controllable radius. Unlike chemically or structurally patterned substrates, the contact line could recover its mobility at any preset time before reaching the control limit, which is useful to accurately and consistently fabricate self-assembled nanostructures of desired patterns on different surfaces.

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