DOI: 10.1039/d6sc05377g ISSN: 2041-6520

Strain-dependent wetting of graphene

Darren Wayne Lim, Xavier R. Advincula, William C. Witt, Angelos Michaelides, Fabian L. Thiemann, Christoph Schran

Mechanical strain controls how water wets graphene via a ripple-wetting coupling: tension makes it less hydrophilic, while compression causes the droplet to surf.

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