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Pearl drops
Europhysics Letters (EPL) · 1999 · Vol. 47(2) · pp. 220–226
José Bico✉(Collège de France)Christian Marzolin(Saint-Gobain Recherche Paris)David Quéré(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Abstract
If deposited on a hydrophobic rough substrate, a small drop of water can look like a pearl, with a contact angle close to 180°. We examine the conditions for observing such a phenomenon and show practical achievements where the contact angle can be predicted and thus quantitatively tuned by the design of the surface microstructure.
Surface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsNanomaterials and Printing TechnologiesContact anglePearlMaterials scienceDrop (telecommunication)MicrostructureSubstrate (aquarium)Rough surfaceOpticsComposite materialPhysics
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