Multilayer liquid spreading on superhydrophilic nanostructured surfaces

A phenomenon is presented where a propagating liquid on an array of nanopillars with scalloped features can separate into multiple layers of liquid films. The scallops were found to act as energy barriers that favor liquid separation into several layers over spreading in a uniform film. An analytica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiao, Rong, Chu, Kuang-Han, Wang, Evelyn N.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64918
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-1200