The "lotus effect" explained: Two reasons why two length scales of topography are important

Langmuir

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2966-2967

  Gao, Lichao ^a   McCarthy, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIZATION; MACROSCOPIC SAMPLE; MODIFIED LAYER; PINNING; STAGGERED RHOMBUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VAPOR PHASE;

CONTACT ANGLE; HYSTERESIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILANES; VAPORS;

SURFACES;

EID: 33645503519     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la0532149     Document Type: Article

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