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From: Recent advances and challenges of fluid manipulation on microstructured surfaces

Figure 3. Directional liquid transport on the surface of anisotropic microstructures. (A) Self-transport of oil droplets on a highly oil-phobic radial microtextured surface. Copyright 2016, AAAS^[65]; (B) Directional collection of liquid on an asymmetric double-channel hydrophilic surface. Copyright 2023, Wiley^[66]; (C) Lossless unidirectional transport of liquid on an ultra-stable superhydrophobic surface with a highly ordered scaly structure. Copyright 2022, ACS^[67]; (D) Unidirectional transport of liquid on a V-shaped prism array. Copyright 2023, ACS^[68]; (E) Unidirectional transport of liquid in a tilted fan-shaped array tube. Copyright 2016, Wiley^[69]; (F) Mimics the micro-junction on the surface of a South American pine leaf Directional transport of liquids with different surface tension. Copyright 2021, AAAS^[70].