Contact angle, wettability and adhesion

The topic of wettability (measured in terms of contact angle) is of tremendous interest from both fundamental and applied points of view, Wettability plays an essential role in many industrial processes, so an understanding of factors dictating wettability and how to modulate it is of paramount impo...

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Other Authors Mittal, K. L., 1945-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Leiden ; Boston : VSP, 2009.
Subjects
Surface chemistry > Congresses.
Contact angle > Congresses.
Wetting > Congresses.
Adhesion > Congresses.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789004169326
9004169326
9789004181021
9004181024
9781615839452
1615839453
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 397 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Part 1: Fundamental Aspects; A Guide to the Equilibrium Contact Angles Maze A. Marmur; Kinetics of Triple Line Motion during Evaporation M.E.R. Shanahan and K. Sefiane; What Can We Learn from the Vibration of Drops Deposited on Rough Surfaces? Wetting Transitions Occurring on Rough Surfaces E. Bormashenko, G. Whyman and R. Pogreb; Length Scale Effects in Wetting of Chemically Heterogeneous Surfaces N. Anantharaju, M.V. Panchagnula and S. Vedantam; Effects of Water Adsorption on Silicon Oxide Nano-asperity Adhesion in Ambient Conditions D.B. Asay, A.L. Barnette and S.H. Kim.

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