Abstract
Inspired by the water-repellent and the self-cleaning properties of the lotus leaf and the nepenthes pitcher plant in the natural world, artificial super hydrophobic surfaces have generated extensive attention in academia and industry. Hydorophobicity and sliding behavior of water droplet are a very important phenomenon in our daily life as well as in many industrial processes. However, the difference between these two phenomena is not well understood. The surface of the silicone rubber sheet causes the water droplet to be slippery with the presence of VGCF (Vapor Growth Carbon Fiber). However, the assistance of VGCF in decreasing the resistance of water
droplet has not been clarified yet. The aim of this research is to examine the amount of VGCF required to make the water droplet on the surface the most slippery by creating a sheet with different amount of VGCF. This study was performed to predict movement of water droplets on surfaces of silicone sheet and was focused on relationship young's modulus on surface and interface resistive forces between water droplets and surfaces.The
relationship may help prediction of movement of droplets on surfaces.
