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Investigation of Cassie-Wenzel Wetting transitions on microstructured surfaces

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Understanding the physical mechanism of wetting transitions is crucial for the design of highly stable superhydrophobic materials. Wetting transitions from Cassie state to Wenzel state on microstructured surfaces were investigated in this article. The pinning force τ was introduced to establish a new mechanical equilibrium, obtaining the model of critical pressure p c of Cassie-Wenzel wetting transition and the model was qualitatively verified by performing a series of experiments. Using the model of p c and experimental data, the pinning force τ on different microstructured surfaces was obtained.

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This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51176123), Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 20103120120006) and Shanghai Natural Science (Grant No. 11ZR1424800).

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    Tai-min Cai, Zhi-hai Jia, Hui-nan Yang & Gang Wang

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Cai, Tm., Jia, Zh., Yang, Hn. et al. Investigation of Cassie-Wenzel Wetting transitions on microstructured surfaces. Colloid Polym Sci 294, 833–840 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-016-3836-4

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