ArticleNature chemistry2024
Droplet slipperiness despite surface heterogeneity at molecular scale.
Article in Nature chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Sticky Yet Slippery: Molecular Ordering Reconciles Bubble-Surface Affinity With Ultralow Friction at the Nanoscale.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Fluorine-free super-repellency to water and organic liquids.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2026Review
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- Emerging Trends in Bioinspired Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Sustainable Surfaces.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- Droplet Friction on Superhydrophobic Surfaces Scales With Liquid-Solid Contact Fraction.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Molecular Structure of Omniphobic, Surface-Grafted Polydimethylsiloxane Chains.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Rapid water drainage on human eyelashes of a hydrophobicScience advances · 2024Article
- Ultra-Slippery Hydrophilic Surfaces by Hybrid Monolayers.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2024Article
- Through-Drop Imaging of Liquid-Solid Interfaces: From Contact Angle Variations Along the Droplet Perimeter to Mapping of Contact Angles Across a Surface.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2024Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Friction determines whether liquid droplets slide off a solid surface or stick to it. Surface heterogeneity is generally acknowledged as the major cause of increased contact angle hysteresis and contact line friction of droplets. Here we challenge this long-standing premise for chemical heterogeneity at the molecular length scale. By tuning the coverage of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), water contact angles change gradually from about 10° to 110° yet contact angle hysteresis and contact line friction are low for the low-coverage hydrophilic SAMs as well as high-coverage hydrophobic SAMs. Their slipperiness is not expected based on the substantial chemical heterogeneity of the SAMs featuring uncoated areas of the substrate well beyond the size of a water molecule as probed by metal reactants. According to molecular dynamics simulations, the low friction of both low- and high-coverage SAMs originates from the mobility of interfacial water molecules. These findings reveal a yet unknown and counterintuitive mechanism for slipperiness, opening new avenues for enhancing the mobility of droplets.
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