Breakdown in the Wetting Transparency of Graphene
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Author(s)
Shih, Chih-Jen
Wang, Qing Hua
Lin, Shangchao
Park, Kyoo Chul
Jin, Zhong
Strano, Michael S.
Blankschtein, Daniel
Date Issued
October 2012
Journal
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Shih, Chih-Jen et al. “Breakdown in the Wetting Transparency of Graphene.” Physical Review Letters 109.17 (2012). © 2012 American Physical Society
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Abstract
We develop a theory to model the van der Waals interactions between liquid and graphene, including quantifying the wetting behavior of a graphene-coated surface. Molecular dynamics simulations and contact angle measurements were also carried out to test the theory. We show that graphene is only partially transparent to wetting and that the predicted highest attainable contact angle of water on a graphene-coated surface is 96°. Our findings reveal a more complex picture of wetting on graphene than what has been reported recently as complete “wetting transparency.”
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.176101
