Issue 85, 2013

Deforming water droplets with a superhydrophobic silica coating

Abstract

The surface liquidity of a water droplet is eliminated by rubbing hydrophobic particles onto the droplet surface using a sol–gel silica coating with extremely weak binding force, which results in solid-like deformability of a liquid drop.

Graphical abstract: Deforming water droplets with a superhydrophobic silica coating

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Jul 2013
Accepted
15 Aug 2013
First published
16 Aug 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 10016-10018

Deforming water droplets with a superhydrophobic silica coating

X. Li and J. Shen, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10016 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45259J

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