Abstract

Lotus effect is the superhydrophobicity property, and widely used for self-cleaning in modern textile engineering. This paper reveals that the lotus effect is a kind of nanoeffect or size effect in nanotechnology, the surface morphology, solution's molecule weight, and temperature are three main factors affecting the lotus effect. Solutions' pH values or ionic liquids are also discussed in this paper. A series of experiments are carried out to measure contact angles for different solutions/liquids on the lotus surface at different temperature.

Details

Title
What factors affect lotus effect?
Author
Chan-Juan, Zhou; Tian, Dan; Ji-Huan He
Pages
1737-1743
Section
Original Scientific Papers: Original Scientific Papers: Thermo-Hydrodynamics Meets Advanced Technology
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia
ISSN
0354-9836
e-ISSN
2334-7163
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2429087518
Copyright
© 2018. This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.