Beyond Cassie equation: Local structure of heterogeneous surfaces determines the contact angles of microdroplets

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Wang, Jianjun ^b   Liu, Zhiping ^a   Zhang, Xianren ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 84926455313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05822     Document Type: Article

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