Photothermal-Driven Droplet Manipulation: A Perspective

Abstract

Figure 6. Droplet manipulation by photothermal-induced wettability transition. (a) Paraffin-infused porous graphene film with programmable wettability. Reused with permission from ref 105. (b) Bioinspired programmable wettability control for droplet manipulation. Reused with permission from ref 106. (c) Photothermal Cassie-to-Wenzel transition of droplet on superhydrophobic surface. Reused with permission from ref 107. (d) Photothermal-driven droplet coalescence and mixing by Cassie-to-Wenzel transition. Reused with permission from ref 108.