• 文献标题:   Wetting and motion behaviors of water droplet on graphene under thermal-electric coupling field
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG ZQ, DONG X, YE HF, CHENG GG, DING JN, LING ZY
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0021-8979 EI 1089-7550
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jiangsu Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4913207
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Wetting dynamics and motion behaviors of a water droplet on graphene are characterized under the electric-thermal coupling field using classical molecular dynamics simulation method. The water droplet on graphene can be driven by the temperature gradient, while the moving direction is dependent on the electric field intensity. Concretely, the water droplet on graphene moves from the low temperature region to the high temperature region for the relatively weak electric field intensity. The motion acceleration increases with the electric field intensity on graphene, whereas the moving direction switches when the electric field intensity increases up to a threshold. The essence is the change from hydrophilic to hydrophobic for the water droplet on graphene at a threshold of the electric field intensity. Moreover, the driven force of the water droplet caused by the overall oscillation of graphene has important influence on the motion behaviors. The results are helpful to control the wettability of graphene and further develop the graphene-based fluidic nanodevices. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.