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Counter-intuitive penetration of droplets into hydrophobic gaps in theory and experiment

Droplets that spontaneously penetrate a gap between two hydrophobic surfaces without any external stimulus seems counterintuitive. However, in this work we show that it can be energetically favorable for a droplet to penetrate a gap formed by two hydrophobic or in some cases even superhydrophobic su...

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Autores principales: Hagg, Daniel, Eifert, Alexander, Dörr, Aaron, Bodziony, Francisco, Marschall, Holger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10545836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37783765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43138-2