期刊
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 607, 期 -, 页码 530-537出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.211
关键词
Wetting; Slippery surface; Dewetting; Lubricant; Instability
资金
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) [CRG/2019/000915]
- DST, New Delhi, through its Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication at IIT Kanpur
The stability of thin lubricating fluid-coated slippery surfaces depends on the surface energy of the underlying solid surface. Experiments show that underneath lubricating films undergo initial thinning and subsequently dewet, with the dewetting dynamics and final pattern depending strongly on the thickness of the lubricating films.
Hypothesis: The stability of thin lubricating fluid-coated slippery surfaces depends on the surface energy of the underlying solid surface. High energy solid surfaces coated with thin lubricating oil lead to the dewetting of the oil films upon depositing aqueous drops on them. Hence such surfaces are very suitable to investigate dewetting of thick films (thickness > 500 nm), which otherwise is not possible using a con-ventional dewetting system. Experiments: Lubricating films of different thicknesses are coated on hydrophilic solid surfaces, and glyc-erol drops are deposited on them. Fluorescence imaging of lubricating films and macroscopic wetting behavior of glycerol drops are analyzed to understand the dewetting phenomenon. Findings: Underneath lubricating films undergo initial thinning and subsequently dewet. The dewetting dynamics during hole nucleation and growth and the final pattern of the dewetted oil droplets depend strongly on the thickness of the lubricating films. Ultrathin films dewet spontaneously via homogeneous nucleation, whereas thicker films dewet via heterogeneous nucleation. During dewetting, the apparent contact angle and radius of glycerol drops follow universal scaling behavior. (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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