Water droplet can mitigate dust from hydrophobized micro-post array surfaces

Abstract Water droplet rolling motion over the hydrophobized and optically transparent micro-post array surfaces is examined towards dust removal pertinent to self-cleaning applications. Micro-post arrays are replicated over the optically transparent polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces. The influen...

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Main Authors: Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar, Bekir Sami Yilbas, Al-Qahtani Hussain, Ghassan Hassan, Johnny Ebaika Adukwu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97847-7