Bouncing transitions on microtextured materials

A drop of water thrown on a super-hydrophobic solid will often bounce off. Here we discuss the conditions to be fulfilled on the surface design ( which provides superhydrophobicity) to observe such a behavior. This allows us to precise how a material can be made water-repellent. We show in particular how the reduction of the scale of the microstructure provides a robust water repellency, and describe some peculiarities of violent shocks on such surfaces.