Existence and stability of an intermediate wetting state on circular micropillars

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 539-548

  Luo, Cheng ^a   Xiang, Mingming ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassie Baxter state; Circular micropillars; Intermediate wetting state; Transition; Wenzel state

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; NANOSTRUCTURES; WETTING;

CASSIE-BAXTER STATE; INTERMEDIATE WETTING STATE; MICRO-PILLARS; TRANSITION; WENZEL STATE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84906780901     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1337-7     Document Type: Article

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