Advances in contact angle, wettability and adhesion Volume 1 /

• Other Authors: Mittal, K. L., 1945-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Salem, Mass. : Scrivener/Wiley, [2013]
• Series: Adhesion and adhesives: fundamental and applied aspects.
• Subjects: Surface chemistry.; Contact angle.; Wetting.; Adhesion.; Adhesion > Congresses.; Contact angle > Congresses.; Surface chemistry > Congresses.; Wetting > Congresses.; SCIENCE > Chemistry > Physical & Theoretical.; Electronic books.; Conference papers and proceedings

 The topic of wettabilty is extremely important from both fundamental and applied aspects. The applications of wettability range from self-cleaning windows to micro- and nanofluidics. This book represents the cumulative wisdom of a contingent of world-class (researchers engaged in the domain of wettability. In the last few years there has been tremendous interest in the ""Lotus Leaf Effect"" and in understanding its mechanism and how to replicate this effect for myriad applications. The topics of superhydrophobicity, omniphobicity and superhydrophilicity are of much contemporary interest. 

 Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Fundamental Aspects; 1 Correlation between Contact Line Pinning and Contact Angle Hysteresis on Heterogeneous Surfaces: A Review and Discussion; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Contact Line Pinning on Chemically Heterogeneous Flat Surfaces; 1.3 Contact Line Pinning on Hydrophobic Structured Surfaces; 1.4 Summary and Conclusion; References; 2 Computational and Experimental Study of Contact Angle Hysteresis in Multiphase Systems; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Origins of the CA Hysteresis.