Water Shedding Angle: A New Technique to Evaluate the Water-Repellent Properties of Superhydrophobic Surfaces

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1565-1570

  Zimmermann, Jan ^a   Seeger, Stefan ^a   Reifler, Felix A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

contact angle measurement; nanofilaments; superhydrophobic; water repellence

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEXTILES; WETTING;

NANOFILAMENTS; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; TEXTILE APPLICATIONS; WATER PROTECTION; WATER REPELLENCE; WATER-REPELLENT PROPERTIES; WETTING PROPERTY;

SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

APPLICATION (FINISHING); CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COATING; FILAMENT; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTY; WETTING;

EID: 70350780259     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517509105074     Document Type: Article

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