Mechanism of the Cassie-Wenzel transition via the atomistic and continuum string methods

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Giacomello, Alberto ^a,d   Meloni, Simone ^b   Müller, Marcus ^c   Casciola, Carlo Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; WETTING;

ACTIVATED PROCESS; CASSIE-WENZEL TRANSITIONS; CENTRAL PROBLEMS; FLEXIBLE STRATEGIES; HYDROPHOBIC CAVITIES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; TRANSITION PATHS; WETTING PROCESS;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84924371265     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4913839     Document Type: Article

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