Issue 1, 2005

On water repellency

Abstract

Water-repellency is a property of some materials, either natural or synthetic, which makes water hardly stick to them: drops roll very easily off these solids, and bounce back upon impacting them. Here we discuss recent advances in this field, which has been particularly lively in recent years. We first examine the physical causes for this effect. Then we discuss the loss of adherence of the drops in such a state, and stress their remarkable dynamic behaviour. We finally suggest several remaining challenges in the field.

Graphical abstract: On water repellency

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
01 Feb 2005
Accepted
05 Apr 2005
First published
22 Apr 2005

Soft Matter, 2005,1, 55-61

On water repellency

M. Callies and D. Quéré, Soft Matter, 2005, 1, 55 DOI: 10.1039/B501657F

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