Predicting shape and stability of air-water interface on superhydrophobic surfaces comprised of pores with arbitrary shapes and depths

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Emami, B ^a   Vahedi Tafreshi, H ^a   Gad El Hak, M ^a   Tepper, G C ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR WATER INTERFACES; ARBITRARY SHAPE; CAPILLARY FORCE; CRITICAL PRESSURES; NON-WETTING; PORE SHAPE; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE;

AIR; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WETTING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84855555035     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3673619     Document Type: Article

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