Why do pigeon feathers repel water? Hydrophobicity of pennae, Cassie-Baxter wetting hypothesis and Cassie-Wenzel capillarity-induced wetting transition

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 212-216

  Bormashenko, Edward ^a   Bormashenko, Yelena ^a   Stein, Tamir ^a   Whyman, Gene ^a   Bormashenko, Ester ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apparent contact angle; Barbs; Barbules; Cassie Baxter wetting regime; Cassie Wenzel wetting transition; Contact angle hysteresis; Pigeon feather

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; WETTING;

APPARENT CONTACT ANGLE; BARBS; BARBULES; CASSIE-BAXTER WETTING REGIME; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; PIGEON FEATHER;

BIRDS;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; EVAPORATION; FEATHER; HYDROPHOBICITY; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; WETTABILITY;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARITY; COLUMBIDAE; FEATHERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 34247481269     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2007.02.049     Document Type: Article

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