Pearl drops

J. Bico; C. Marzolin; D. Quéré

doi:10.1209/epl/i1999-00548-y

Pearl drops

J. Bico
, C. Marzolin
, D. Quéré

Collège de France
Saint-Gobain

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Abstract

If deposited on a hydrophobic rough substrate, a small drop of water can look like a pearl, with a contact angle close to 180°. We examine the conditions for observing such a phenomenon and show practical achievements where the contact angle can be predicted and thus quantitatively tuned by the design of the surface microstructure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-226
Number of pages	7
Journal	EPL
Volume	47
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00548-y
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 1999
Externally published	Yes

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