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Morphology of nanodroplets on structured surfaces

Vahid, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2013

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/21/215302
  3. Publisher: 2013
  4. Abstract:
  5. We report different morphologies of nanodroplets over various topographical features of the supporting substrates. The effects of different parameters such as the profile of the disjoining pressure, droplet size and the geometrical parameters are studied and discussed. Also, the effects of a coating layer on the surface of the substrate are determined. It is demonstrated that the nanodroplets at some positions are not stable and gradually move to more stable positions so that the system has less energy. For grooves this results in a series of morphology diagrams of the nanodroplets over the grooves as a function of the grooves' width and the liquid volume
  6. Keywords:
  7. Coating layer ; Disjoining pressures ; Droplet sizes ; Liquid volume ; Nano-droplets ; Structured surfaces ; Topographical features ; Substrates ; Morphology
  8. Source: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics ; Volume 46, Issue 21 , May , 2013 ; 00223727 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0022-3727/46/21/215302/meta;jsessionid=C2744DA7509C43B934F41779CE92AFC5.c4.iopscience.cld.iop.org