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Nature Materials 6, 627 - 628 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nmat1988
Surface wetting: Liquids shape up nicely
Glen McHale1
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Glen McHale is at the School of Biomedical & Natural Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK.
e-mail: glen.mchale@ntu.ac.uk
Abstract
Decorating a surface with a forest of microposts can either make it repel water or cause it to be sucked into the spaces between posts. In the latter case, the shape of a liquid on the surface can be controlled using simple design principles.
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