Superhydrophobic floatability of a hydrophilic object driven by edge effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Chang, Feng Ming ^a   Sheng, Yu Jane ^b   Tsao, Heng Kwong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT CONTACT ANGLE; BUOYANCY CONTROL; EDGE EFFECT; FLOATABILITY; FREE ENERGY MINIMIZATION; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOTAL FORCE; TWO-REGIME;

HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ROADS AND STREETS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

CONTACT ANGLE;

EID: 70450230610     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3264957     Document Type: Article

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