Lotus effect: Superhydrophobicity

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-462

  Lee, H J ^a   Michielsen, S ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angle hysteresis; Contact angles; Superhydrophobic; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTY; POLYMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTING;

EID: 33749428486     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/joti.2006.0271     Document Type: Article

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