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Dellieu L, Deparis O, Muller J, et al. Quantum vacuum photon modes and superhydrophobicity. Phys Rev Lett. 2015;114(2):024501doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.024501.
Dellieu, L., Deparis, O., Muller, J., & Sarrazin, M. (2015). Quantum vacuum photon modes and superhydrophobicity. Physical review letters, 114(2), 024501. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.024501
Dellieu, Louis, et al. "Quantum vacuum photon modes and superhydrophobicity." Physical review letters vol. 114,2 (2015): 024501. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.024501
Dellieu L, Deparis O, Muller J, Sarrazin M. Quantum vacuum photon modes and superhydrophobicity. Phys Rev Lett. 2015 Jan 16;114(2):024501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.024501. Epub 2015 Jan 14. PMID: 25635548.
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Phys Rev Lett. 2015 Jan 16;114(2):024501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.024501. Epub 2015 Jan 14.

Quantum vacuum photon modes and superhydrophobicity.

Physical review letters

Louis Dellieu, Olivier Deparis, Jérôme Muller, Michaël Sarrazin

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  1. Research Center in Physics of Matter and Radiation (PMR), Department of Physics, University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium.

PMID: 25635548 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.024501

Abstract

Nanostructures are commonly used for developing superhydrophobic surfaces. However, available wetting theoretical models ignore the effect of vacuum photon-mode alteration on van der Waals forces and thus on hydrophobicity. Using first-principles calculations, we show that superhydrophibicity of nanostructured surfaces is dramatically enhanced by vacuum photon-mode tuning. As a case study, wetting contact angles of a water droplet above a polyethylene nanostructured surface are obtained from the interaction potential energy calculated as a function of the droplet-surface separation distance. This new approach could pave the way for the design of novel superhydrophobic coatings.

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