Issue 44, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Water droplet bouncing—a definition for superhydrophobic surfaces†

Colin R. Cricka  and  Ivan P. Parkin*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Materials Chemistry Research Centre, Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, UK
E-mail: i.p.parkin@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

The ability of water to bounce on a surface provides an indication of many of the surface’s properties. The technique described in this article uses water bouncing to determine the hydrophobicity of a surface, with a relationship established between water contact angle and number of bounces, which is dependent on the surfaces microstructure.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC14749H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Aug 2011
Accepted
12 Sep 2011
First published
29 Sep 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 12059-12061

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