title: Sliding behavior of water droplets on flat polymer surface.
abstract: Flat films of methyl methacrylate-fluoroalkyl methacrylate copolymers were prepared, and their hydrophobicity was investigated. It was revealed that the F concentration directly affects the static hydrophobicity on the flat polymer surface in a systematic manner. Furthermore, the sliding behavior of a water droplet on these surfaces depends on the static hydrophobicity; the sliding motion changes from constant velocity to constant acceleration with an increase in the water contact angle.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan. naoya@wlab.rcsat.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yuu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shigeta
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohsaki
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe