Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: A drop of water thrown on a super-hydrophobic solid will often bounce off. Here we discuss the conditions to be fulfilled on the surface design (which provides super-hydrophobicity) to observe such a behavior. This allows us to precise how a material can be made water-repellent. We show in particular how the reduction of the scale of the microstructure provides a robust water repellency, and describe some peculiarities of violent shocks on such surfaces.
Source: Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Authors: M Reyssat, A Pépin, F Marty, Y Chen, D Quéré
Language: English
Subfield: Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2034787447