title: Wetting of surfaces covered by elastic hairs.
abstract: We study the wetting properties of elastic hairy surfaces. Neither our theory nor our experiments support the suggestion by Otten and Herminghaus [Langmuir 2004, 20, 2405-2408] that the interplay between wetting, capillary interactions, and elasticity is responsible for the hydrophobic behavior of the leaves of a Lady's Mantle. Instead, the corresponding observations can be attributed to pinning of the contact line.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany. nelson.bernardino@mf.mpg.de
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Bernardino
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Blickle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dietrich