Nanodroplets on rough hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces |
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Authors: | C Yang U Tartaglino B N J Persson |
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Institution: | 1. Institut für Festk?rperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425, Jülich, Germany
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Abstract: | We present results of Molecular Dynamics (MD) calculations on the behavior of liquid nanodroplets on rough hydrophobic and
hydrophilic solid surfaces. On hydrophobic surfaces, the contact angle for nanodroplets depends strongly on the root-mean-square
roughness amplitude, but it is nearly independent of the fractal dimension of the surface. Since increasing the fractal dimension
increases the short-wavelength roughness, while the long-wavelength roughness is almost unchanged, we conclude that for hydrophobic
interactions the short-wavelength (atomistic) roughness is not very important. We show that the nanodroplet is in a Cassie-like
state. For rough hydrophobic surfaces, there is no contact angle hysteresis due to strong thermal fluctuations, which occur
at the liquid-solid interface on the nanoscale. On hydrophilic surfaces, however, there is strong contact angle hysteresis
due to higher energy barrier. These findings may be very important for the development of artificially biomimetic superhydrophobic
surfaces. |
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Keywords: | 68 08 Bc Wetting |
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