A modified phase-field method for the investigation of wetting transitions of droplets on patterned surfaces

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 283, Issue , 2015, Pages 258-270

  Pashos, G ^a   Kokkoris, G ^a,b   Boudouvis, A G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy barrier; Phase field; Superhydrophobicity; Superoleophobicity; Wetting transitions

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; DROP BREAKUP; MAPPING; WETTING;

METHOD ANALYSIS; PARAMETER CONTINUATION METHODS; PATTERNED SURFACE; PHASE FIELD METHODS; PHASE FIELDS; SOLUTION SPACE; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SUPEROLEOPHOBICITY; WETTING BEHAVIOR; WETTING TRANSITIONS;

ENERGY BARRIERS;

EID: 84918774109     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2014.11.045     Document Type: Article

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