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Super-Hydrophobicity in Biofouling Prevention by Sutha Senthil is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This article discusses the fundamentals of super-hydrophobicity and its implications for preventing biofouling. It presents the theory of wetting on super-hydrophobic surfaces within the framework of equilibrium wetting and contact angles. The article discusses two main approaches for using super-hydrophobicity to prevent biofouling: 1) designing a super-hydrophilic surface that repels biological entities, analogous to the Lotus effect, and 2) designing a surface that minimizes water contact by maintaining
- Author
- Sutha Senthil
- Language
- EN