Abstract
The wetting effect and related applications of nanodroplets have attracted extensive research interest. In this work, we report molecular dynamics simulations of the confinement dynamics of nanodroplets at different droplet-surface interactions, surface separations, and ion concentrations under the electric field. The results show that in the case of a single droplet, there is a critical value of surface wettability for the shape transition of the confined droplet. Below this value, the droplet shrinks into a spherical shape and attaches to the surface. Above this value, the droplet splits into two smaller droplets which locate at the bottom and top surfaces, respectively. For the two-droplet cases, a liquid bridge forms and some ions migrate into the pure water droplet under the electric field. The results reveal that the ion concentration has a significant effect on the shape evolution of droplets. The stable morphology of droplets under the electric field depends on the droplet-surface interactions as well as the ion concentration. We explore the underlying mechanisms causing the morphological transition by analyzing the intermolecular interactions and interfacial characteristics.
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