A unique behavior of water drops induced by low-density polyethylene surface with a sharp wettability transition

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 186-193

  Lu, Xiaoying ^a,b   Tan, Shuaixia ^a,b   Zhao, Ning ^a   Yang, Shuguang ^a,b   Xu, Jian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gradient surface; Hysteresis; Water contact angles; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; HYSTERESIS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

GRADIENT SURFACE; WATER CONTACT ANGLES;

DROPS;

POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FORCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETTABILITY;

PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 34247492380     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2007.02.066     Document Type: Article

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