| Issue |
EPL
Volume 81, Number 6, March 2008
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 66002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/81/66002 | |
| Published online | 20 February 2008 | |
Multiple time scale dynamics in the breakdown of superhydrophobicity
1
Physics of Fluids, Department of Applied Physics, University of Twente P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
2
Membrane Technology Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Twente P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Received:
26
July
2007
Accepted:
19
January
2008
Drops deposited on rough and hydrophobic surfaces can stay suspended with gas pockets underneath the liquid, then showing very low hydrodynamic resistance. When this superhydrophobic state breaks down, the subsequent wetting process can show different dynamical properties. A suitable choice of the geometry can make the wetting front propagate in a stepwise manner leading to square-shaped wetted area: the front propagation is slow and the patterned surface fills by rows through a zipping mechanism. The multiple time scale scenario of this wetting process is experimentally characterized and compared to numerical simulations.
PACS: 68.08.Bc – Wetting / 68.03.Cd – Surface tension and related phenomena / 68.08.De – Liquid-solid interface structure: measurements and simulations
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