Water skin anomalies: density, elasticity, hydrophobicity, thermal stability, interface repulsivity, etc

2015/02/26 by Chang Q. Sun, Sun, Chang Q.
Materials Science · #FOS: Physical sciences #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #Textile materials and evaluations

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1502.07485

openalex publication_date 2015/02/26 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Molecular undercoordination induced O:H-O bond relaxation and dual polarization dictates the supersolid behavior of water skins interacting with other substances such as flowing in nanochannels, dancing of water droplets, floating of insects. The BOLS-NEP notion unifies the Wenzel-Cassie-Baxter models and explains controllable transition between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity.

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