Wetting transition of nanodroplets of water on textured surfaces: A molecular dynamics study

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 458-468

  Khan, Sandip ^a   Singh, Jayant K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Nanodroplet; Rough surfaces; Wetting transition

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LINE PINNING; NANODROPLET; ROUGH SURFACES; SURFACE FRACTION; TEXTURED SURFACE; WATER DROPLETS; WETTING BEHAVIOUR; WETTING TRANSITIONS;

CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; HYDROPHOBICITY; WETTING;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84892538896     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2013.819578     Document Type: Article

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