Slippery and never wet

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Access rights

openAccess

URL

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

Date

2017-09-01

Major/Subject

Mcode

Degree programme

Language

en

Pages

4
30-33

Series

Europhysics News, Volume 48, issue 5-6

Abstract

Superhydrophobic surfaces let water droplets roll off with low friction and falling droplets rebound, leaving the surfaces completely dry. Such extremely water repellent surfaces are found in nature on lotus leaves, the legs of water striders and feather coatings of birds, and portray a beautiful example of ingenious biological design. They provide an exciting research avenue for physicists and materials scientists aspiring to understand and mimic nature.

Description

Keywords

Other note

Citation

Backholm , M , Timonen , J V I & Ras , R H A 2017 , ' Slippery and never wet ' , Europhysics News , vol. 48 , no. 5-6 , pp. 30-33 . https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2017505