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. 2020 Nov 25;13(23):5342. doi: 10.3390/ma13235342

Table 5.

Contact angle of water on PO and laser-textured surfaces.

Surface Orientation to Ripples Direction Contact Angle θ
(°)
Spreading Coefficient |η|
(-)
PO - 49.1 ≤ θ ≤ 59.1 0.19
UV-LIPSS Perpendicular 32.2 ≤ θ ≤ 37.5 0.22
UV-LIPSS Parallel 35.1 ≤ θ ≤ 39.9 0.20
GR-LIPSS Perpendicular 50.5 ≤ θ ≤ 58.5 0.18
GR-LIPSS Parallel 55.4 ≤ θ ≤ 66.2 0.16