A Microsphere is Moving Towards the Superhydrophobic Surface (IMAGE)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

A Microsphere is Moving Towards the Superhydrophobic Surface

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A microsphere attached to the tip of an atomic-force microscope is moving towards the superhydrophobic surface. Due to the unusual texture the viscous response of the water in this system is very different from that of a normal flat wall.

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Taras Molotilin

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