2006/11/03 by Halim Kusumaatmaja, H. Kusumaatmaja, Julia M. Yeomans +1 · 5 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions #Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer #Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.1021/la063218t
published as Langmuir 23, 6019 (2007) · 41 pages, 16 figures, submitted to publication
arxiv created 2006/11/03 · openalex publication_date 2007/04/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We investigate contact angle hysteresis on chemically patterned and superhydrophobic surfaces, as the drop volume is quasistatically increased and decreased. We consider both two (cylindrical drops) and three (spherical drops) dimensions using analytical and numerical approaches to minimize the free energy of the drop. In two dimensions, we find, in agreement with other authors, a slip, jump, stick motion of the contact line. In three dimensions, this behavior persists, but the position and magnitude of the contact line jumps are sensitive to the details of the surface patterning. In two dimensions, we identify analytically the advancing and receding contact angles on the different surfaces, and we use numerical insights to argue that these provide bounds for the three-dimensional cases. We present explicit simulations to show that a simple average over the disorder is not sufficient to predict the details of the contact angle hysteresis and to support an explanation for the low contact angle hysteresis of suspended drops on superhydrophobic surfaces.