Multiple Wetting–Dewetting States of a Water Droplet on Dual-Scale Hierarchical Structured Surfaces
Yurui Gao, Yuan Liu, Jian Jiang, Chongqin Zhu, Craig Zuhlke, Dennis R. Alexander, Joseph S. Francisco, Xiao Cheng Zeng
Abstract
diagrams show that regions of rich wetting/dewetting states can be identified, including regions where between one to five states can coexist.
Topics & Concepts
DewettingWettingMicroscale chemistryMaterials scienceNanotechnologyChemical physicsNanoscopic scaleScale (ratio)Wetting transitionComposite materialChemistryPhysicsMathematicsMathematics educationQuantum mechanicsSurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityFluid Dynamics and Thin Filmsnanoparticles nucleation surface interactions