Wet self-cleaning of superhydrophobic microfiber adhesives formed from high density polyethylene

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 15372-15377

  Lee, Jongho ^a   Fearing, Ronald S ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ADHESIVES; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; LOTUS LEAF; MICRO-FIBER; MICROFIBERS; SELF-CLEANING PROPERTIES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SWITCHABLE; WATER DROPLETS;

ADHESION; ASPECT RATIO; CLEANING; CONTACT ANGLE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

ADHESIVES;

ADHESIVE AGENT; POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY;

ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

EID: 84868113140     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303017a     Document Type: Article

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