Why a lotus-like superhydrophobic surface is self-cleaning? An explanation from surface force measurements and analysis

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 13615-13621

  Yu, Miao ^a   Chen, Sheng ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Qiu, Dengli ^b   Cui, Shuxun ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Bruker Optics Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; HYDROPHOBICITY;

ADHESION FORCES; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; MILLIMETER LEVELS; MILLIMETER-SCALE; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SURFACE FORCE MEASUREMENT; WATER DROPLETS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84910642698     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la5041272     Document Type: Article

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