Scientific Achievement
Developed autonomous buoyancy change of droplet to continuously change surface contact angle, affecting subsurface cargo shuttling to and from targeted sites
Significance and Impact
This first synthetic system to control capillary forces which autonomously enables a continuous sub-surface loading, shuttling and releasing of cargo is a new mechanism for compartmentalized cascading reaction delivery systems and micro/milli robotic surface motion
Research Details
- Vary hanging liquid droplet contact angle by chemically controlling droplet buoyancy or by use of magnetic field
- Chemical cargo loading, transport and delivery affected by chemical diffusion across and encapsulation by membrane
