Is it possible to change wettability of hydrophilic surface by changing its roughness?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 3692-3697

  Pandey, Prithvi Raj ^a   Roy, Sudip ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

molecular dynamics simulations; nonbonded interaction potential energy; rough hydrophilic surfaces; wetting dewetting transition

Indexed keywords

DEWETTING TRANSITION; ENERGY COMPONENTS; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; INTER-PILLAR SPACINGS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NONBONDED INTERACTION; WETTING-DEWETTING TRANSITION;

HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; WETTING;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84887689046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401946v     Document Type: Article

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