• 文献标题:   Thermophoretically driven water droplets on graphene and boron nitride surfaces
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RAJEGOWDA R, KANNAM SK, HARTKAMP R, SATHIAN SP
  • 作者关键词:   thermophoresi, water, graphene, boron nitride, nanotransport
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indian Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6528/aab3a3
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We investigate thermally driven water droplet transport on graphene and hexagonal boron nitride. (h-BN) surfaces using molecular dynamics simulations. The two surfaces considered here have different wettabilities with a significant difference in the mode of droplet transport. The water droplet travels along a straighter path on the h-BN sheet than on graphene. The h-BN surface produced a higher driving force on the droplet than the graphene surface. The water droplet is found to move faster on h-BN surface compared to graphene surface. The instantaneous contact angle was monitored as a measure of droplet deformation during thermal transport. The characteristics of the droplet motion on both surfaces is determined through the moment scaling spectrum. The water droplet on h-BN surface showed the attributes of the super-diffusive process, whereas it was sub-diffusive on the graphene surface.