The interaction of water with solid surfaces is key to a wide variety of industrial and natural
processes. However, the basic principles that dictate how stable and in which state (intact or …

Thin films of water under nanoscopic confinement are prevalent in natural and manufactured
materials. To investigate the equilibrium and dynamic behavior of water in such …

Molecular dynamics simulations are used to study the micronature of the organization of
water molecules on the flat surface of well-ordered self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of 18 …

Small aqueous droplets on homogeneous surfaces surrounded by a reservoir of vapor are
inherently unstable. Depending on the humidity, they keep evaporating and ultimately …

On a hybrid surface, a gradient in the areal number density of metal domes generates an
adhesive force gradient (AFG) that divides the surface into areas of water droplet sliding and …

If deposited on a hydrophobic rough substrate, a small drop of water can look like a pearl,
with a contact angle close to 180. We examine the conditions for observing such a …

When hydrophobic surfaces are in contact with water in ambient conditions a layer of
reduced density is present at the interface, preventing the intimate contact between the two …

The adhesion of water to solid surfaces is characterized by the tendency to balance
competing molecule–molecule and molecule–surface interactions. Hydroxyl groups form …

Molecular dynamics simulations of water at 298 K and 1 atm of pressure are used to
investigate the electric-field dependence of the density and polarization density of water …

In contrast to non-associating liquids such as oils or organic solvents, whose viscosity
diverges when they are confined by solid surfaces to films thinner than about ten molecular …