Title :
Control of wetting with hyperbolic metamaterials and metallic films
Author :
Barnakov, Yu.A. ; Adnew, D.A. ; Tumkur, T. ; Gavrilenko, V.I. ; Bonner, C.E. ; Narimanov, Evgenii E. ; Noginov, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Mater. Res., Norfolk State Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstract :
We show that wetting of MgF2 films can be affected by gold films and metamaterial substrates separated from the water droplet by as much as several tens on nanometers.
Keywords :
contact angle; drops; gold; magnesium compounds; metallic thin films; optical metamaterials; wetting; Au; MgF2; gold films; hyperbolic metamaterials; metallic films; water droplet; wetting; Dielectrics; Films; Gold; Media; Metamaterials; Photonics; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA