Abbreviated Journal Title
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Keywords
Contact Angle; Drops; Hydrophilicity; Hydrophobicity; Nanoparticles; Polymers; Silicon Compounds; Surface Energy; Surface Structure; Wetting; Physics; Applied
Abstract
The applications of thermoresponsive surfaces require the development of a rigorous mathematical treatment for these surfaces to understand and improve their behavior. We propose an analytical model to describe the transfer characteristics (variation in contact angle versus temperature) of a unique nanostructured thermosensitive surface, consisting of silica nanoparticles and a hydrophilic/hydrophobic thermoresponsive polymer, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). Three different thermo-sensitive platforms were fabricated and the contact angle change of a water droplet on the surface with varying surface temperature was analytically modeled.
Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
94
Issue/Number
16
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
3
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0003-6951
Recommended Citation
Londe, Ghanashyam; Chunder, Anindarupa; Zhai, Lei; and Cho, Hyoung J., "An analytical model for the wettability switching characteristic of a nanostructured thermoresponsive surface" (2009). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 1828.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/1828
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