In this paper, the measurement process of advancing and receding contact angles (CA) in experiments is simulated using Surface Evolver (SE). The normalized energy of the droplet is calculated by fixing the three-phase contact line that lies at the boundary between stripes and by changing the droplet volume.The most stable wetting state is determined for each stripe configuration. The slip-jump behavior of the three-phase contact line is observed. Furthermore, a small wet stripe width and large dry stripe width is found to be favorable for achieving large stable equilibrium CA. Moreover, the minimum advancing CA and maximum receding CA can be obtained by assigning a value of zero to the normalized energy barrier. The variation of minimum advancing CA and maximum receding CA with wet and dry stripe widths follows the same trend as the stable equilibrium CA. Combined with the existing model in the literature, the approach introduced in this paper can be used to narrow down the predicted range of dynamic CAs and also to provide guidance for designing anisotropic surfaces. Fig. 1 Simulation with surface evolver. (a) The initial droplet shape on top of 13 stripes. (b) The evolved droplet in the equilibrium wetting state. (c) Magnification of the region close to the contact line to illustrate a typical facet used for the contact angle measurement. (d) Schematic diagram of the contact angle measurement along the direction perpendicular to the stripes. 31736 | RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 31735-31744 This journal is
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