%0 Report %D 2007 %T A new model for contact angle hysteresis %A Antonio DeSimone %A Natalie Gruenewald %A Felix Otto %X We present a model which explains several experimental observations relating contact angle hysteresis with surface roughness. The model is based on the balance between released energy and dissipation, and it describes the stick-slip behavior of drops on a rough surface using ideas similar to those employed in dry friction, elasto-plasticity and fracture mechanics. The main results of our analysis are formulas giving the interval of stable contact angles as a function of the surface roughness. These formulas show that the difference between advancing and receding angles is much larger for a drop in complete contact with the substrate (Wenzel drop) than for one whose cavities are filled with air (Cassie-Baxter drop). This fact is used as the key tool to interpret the experimental evidence. %B Netw. Heterog. Media 2 (2007) 211-225 %G en_US %U http://hdl.handle.net/1963/1848 %1 2369 %2 Mathematics %3 Functional Analysis and Applications %$ Submitted by Andrea Wehrenfennig (andreaw@sissa.it) on 2006-07-26T09:50:36Z\\nNo. of bitstreams: 1\\n37-2006M.pdf: 313357 bytes, checksum: ac507409dc660fba3ec468e50c4fe9b1 (MD5)