Natural Features, Wettability, and Optical Diffraction Patterns on an Elastomeric Replica of a Superhydrophobic Leaf Derived via Soft Lithography

• Main Authors: Budlayan, Marco Laurence M., Palangyos, Dina C., Patricio, Jonathan N., Arco, Susan D., Guerrero, Raphael
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: contact angle; optical diffraction; optical microscopy; soft lithography; superhydrophobic leaf; Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Physics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/physics-faculty-pubs/154; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3008323
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Surface features of natural materials such as cuticles, shells, and leaves continue to be used as models for creating sophisticated infrastructure, landscape, and microdevice designs. Optical microscopy is the easiest and most accessible tool for examining such surface features and micropatterns. Th...