화학공학소재연구정보센터
Langmuir, Vol.27, No.24, 14995-14998, 2011
Investigating the Adhesion of Water Droplets at Low Temperatures
Adhesion of droplets to solid surfaces at low temperatures is crucial for antifogging and antifreezing etc. So far, most reports on adhesion measurements have been carried out in air-liquid-solid systems, but it remains difficult to precisely investigate the adhesion at low temperatures due to the uncontrollable condensation. On the basis of the liquid-liquid-solid system, a new method to measure the adhesion of water droplets at low temperatures was developed and employed. Moreover, the reported method could be viable in other liquid-liquid-solid systems with wider temperature window; thus, it will find applications in broad fields such as crude oil recovery, ore-dressing, and transfer printing.