The long-ranged attractions between hydrophobic amorphous fluoropolymer surfaces are
measured in water with and without dissolved air. An atomic force microscope is used to …

Atomic force microscopy on hydrophobic microspheres in water reveals a strong attraction
with a range of 20–200 nm, following an initial steep repulsion at long range. The data are …

Superhydrophobic surfaces, with water contact angles greater than 150° and slide angles
less than 10°, have attracted a great deal of attention due to their self-cleaning ability and …

The properties of water on both molecular and macroscopic surfaces critically influence a
wide range of physical behaviors, with applications spanning from membrane science to …

Superhydrophobicity is a remarkable surface property found in nature and mimicked in
many engineering applications, including anti-wetting, anti-fogging, and anti-fouling …

It is generally accepted that the metal–water interface tensions are quite high; thus, the metal
surfaces are usually regarded as hydrophilic. Using the molecular dynamics simulations, we …

Ambient water nanofilms confined on solid surfaces usually show properties not seen in bulk
and play unique roles in many important processes. Here we report diffusion and self …

The local structure of water near hydrophobic surfaces of different surface topographies has
been analyzed by molecular dynamics simulation. An alkane crystal has been taken as the …

The influence of chemical specificity of hydrophilic surfaces on the structure of confined
water in the subnanometer regime is investigated using grand canonical Monte Carlo …

The structures formed by the condensation and evaporation of water on mica surfaces at
room temperature have been imaged with nanometer resolution. The technique used is …