Droplet Friction on Superhydrophobic Surfaces Scales With Liquid‐Solid Contact Fraction (Small 7/2025)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Superhydrophobic Surfaces The general understanding is that droplet friction on superhydrophobic surfaces is affected by liquid–solid contact fraction. In article number 2405335, Robin H.A. Ras and co-workers experimentally quantify this relation for the first time. State-of-the-art droplet friction measurements on micropillar and -cone surfaces with significantly different contact fractions show that droplet friction depends similarly on the contact fraction on both surface types despite the large difference in the measured droplet friction.
Source: Small
Authors: Sakari Lepikko, Valtteri Turkki, Tomi Koskinen, Ramesh Raju, Ville Jokinen, Mariia S. Kiseleva, Samuel Rantataro, Jaakko V.I. Timonen, Matilda Backholm, Ilkka Tittonen, Robin H.A. Ras
Institution: Aalto University
Language: English
Subfield: Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4407793569