title: Deforming water droplets with a superhydrophobic silica coating.
abstract: The surface liquidity of a water droplet is eliminated by rubbing hydrophobic particles onto the droplet surface using a sol-gel silica coating with extremely weak binding force, which results in solid-like deformability of a liquid drop.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. lixiaoguangnano@163.com shenjun67@tongji.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen