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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Enhancing Resistance to Wetting Transition through the Concave Structures.

Jinhoon Lee, Jinwoo Park, Kwang Hui Jung, Seunghyun Lee, Jeong Jun Lee, Sanghyuk Wooh, Dong Woog Lee

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Jinhoon LeeUlsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8608-027X
Jinwoo ParkUlsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2921-2923
Kwang Hui JungUlsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.
Seunghyun LeeUlsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4784-2066
Jeong Jun LeeSchool of Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
Sanghyuk WoohDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 06794, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6535-370X
Dong Woog LeeUlsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 50 UNIST-gil, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1572-9270

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2023R1A2C2004762National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00408845
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water-repellent superhydrophobic surfaces are ubiquitous in nature. The fundamental understanding of bio/bio-inspired structures facilitates practical applications surmounting metastable superhydrophobicity. Typically, the hierarchical structure and/or reentrant morphology have been employed hitherto to suppress the Cassie-Baxter to Wenzel transition (CWT). Herein, a new design concept is reported, an effect of concave structure, which is vital for the stable superhydrophobic surface. The thermodynamic and kinetic stabilities of the concave pillars are evaluated by continuous exposure to various hydrostatic pressures and sudden impacts of water droplets with various Weber numbers (We), comparing them to the standard superhydrophobic normal pillars. Specifically, the concave pillar exhibits reinforced impact resistance preventing CWT below a critical We of ≈27.6, which is ≈1.6 times higher than that of the normal pillar (≈17.0). Subsequently, the stability of underwater air film (plastron) is investigated at various hydrostatic pressures. The results show that convex air caps formed at the concave cavities generate downward Laplace pressure opposing the exerted hydrostatic pressure between the pillars, thus impeding the hydrostatic pressure-dependent underwater air diffusion. Hence, the effects of trapped air caps contributing to the stable Cassie-Baxter state can offer a pioneering strategy for the exploration and utilization of superhydrophobic surfaces.

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concave pillarLaplace pressureplastronsuperhydrophobicWeber number

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PMCPMC11707565

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