Evaporation and boiling heat transfer on micro/nanostructured surfaces with superior
wicking capability is an efficient cooling approach for high heat flux removal. The …

Immunochromatographic test strips typically consist of sample pad, conjugate pad,
nitrocellulose membrane, and absorbent pad. Even minute variations in the assembly of …

The spreading of a liquid droplet on flat surfaces is a well-understood phenomenon, but little
is known about how liquids spread on a rough surface. When the surface roughness is of the …

Engineering surfaces with excellent wicking properties is of critical importance to a wide
range of applications. Here, we report a facile method to create superhydrophilic …

Patterned superhydrophilic-superhydrophobic (SHL–SHB) surfaces have shown promise in
droplet-based biochemical assays. However, fundamental understanding of the behavior of …

Controlling morphology of liquids on solid surfaces plays an important role in both
fundamental research and practical applications. We found that, the shape of the liquid after …

Adding roughness to hydrophilic surfaces is generally expected to enhance their wetting by
water. Indeed, global free energy minimization predicts decreasing contact angles when …

The hemiwicking state has attracted much interest because of numerous important potential
applications in inking, printing, boiling heat transfer, and condensation. However, the …

Wetting kinetics of water droplets on substrates with lyophilic nanopillars was investigated
using molecular dynamics simulations. Early spreading of the droplet is hindered by the …

Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is a critical biomarker for the diagnosis of acute myocardial
infarction (AMI). Herein, we report a novel integrated lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) …