Wetting control through topography and surface hydrophilic/hydrophobic property changes by coarse grained simulationShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Molecular Simulation, ISSN 0892-7022, E-ISSN 1029-0435, Vol. 43, no 13-16, p. 1202-1208Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The changes of wetting state of water droplet on the solid surface featuring pillared structures are quantitatively studied by Coarse Grained simulation. Our results demonstrate that wetting state changes with the different topography (surface roughness), and it depends on the intrinsic hydrophilic/hydrophobic property of surface as well. Only if the contact angle of water droplet on the smooth surface is larger than 93.13°, the wetting state translates from the Wenzel state to the Cassie state on the rough surface with certain pillar height and width, and the contact angle climb up to the highest point and then remain almost unchanged with the increasing of pillar height and the same pillar distance. However, the wetting state does not change if the contact angle on the smooth surface is 85.1° or less, no matter what pillar structure the surface has. Additionally, the contact angles will remain almost unchanged if the pillar height is higher than a certain value. Our simulation results provide a quantitative understanding about the wetting state of water droplet on solid rough surfaces, and the results show the wetting state can be controlled by combining rough structure design and hydrophilic/hydrophobic property change of surfaces.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2017. Vol. 43, no 13-16, p. 1202-1208
Keywords [en]
Water droplet, coarse-grained simulation, wetting, pillar structure, surface property
National Category
Physical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80284DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2017.1342123ISI: 000416672600029Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85021142883OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-80284DiVA, id: diva2:1455978
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