Modeling Cassie droplets on superhydrophobic coatings with orthogonal fibrous structures

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 512, Issue , 2017, Pages 61-70

  Aziz, H ^a   Amrei, M M ^a   Dotivala, A ^b   Tang, C ^b   Tafreshi, H Vahedi ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrous coatings; Superhydrophobic surfaces; Wetting

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUMERICAL MODELS; WETTING;

APPARENT CONTACT ANGLE; FIBROUS STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATINGS;

FIBERS;

POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CASSIE STATE; CONTACT ANGLE; FIBER; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84994044031     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.10.031     Document Type: Article

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