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Petal Effect: The Wetting State of Water on a Rose Petal (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 17/2019)
Author(s) -
Chakraborty Monojit,
Weibel Justin A.,
Schaber James A.,
Garimella Suresh V.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201970110
Subject(s) - wetting , petal , rose (mathematics) , materials science , contact angle , optics , nanotechnology , composite material , physics , geometry , botany , mathematics , biology
In article number 1900652 by Monojit Chakraborty, Justin A. Weibel, James A. Schaber, and Suresh V. Garimella, direct three‐dimensional confocal imaging is performed to reveal the wetting state of water on a rose petal. An energy‐minimization‐based model, in combination with the experimental observations, indicates a unique wetting state with the presence of trapped air beneath the droplet between the micro‐papillae.