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Wetting of Real Surfaces
This chapter is in the book Wetting of Real Surfaces

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Notation ix
  4. Contents xiii
  5. Chapter 1: What is surface tension? 1
  6. Chapter 2: Wetting of ideal surfaces 13
  7. Chapter 3: Contact angle hysteresis 50
  8. Chapter 4: Dynamics of wetting 78
  9. Chapter 5: Wetting of rough and chemically heterogeneous surfaces: the Wenzel and Cassie models 92
  10. Chapter 6: Superhydrophobicity, superhydrophilicity, and the rose petal effect 116
  11. Chapter 7: Wetting transitions on rough surfaces 129
  12. Chapter 8: Electrowetting and wetting in the presence of external fields 152
  13. Chapter 9: Nonstick droplets 156
  14. Index 169
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110258790.50

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Notation ix
  4. Contents xiii
  5. Chapter 1: What is surface tension? 1
  6. Chapter 2: Wetting of ideal surfaces 13
  7. Chapter 3: Contact angle hysteresis 50
  8. Chapter 4: Dynamics of wetting 78
  9. Chapter 5: Wetting of rough and chemically heterogeneous surfaces: the Wenzel and Cassie models 92
  10. Chapter 6: Superhydrophobicity, superhydrophilicity, and the rose petal effect 116
  11. Chapter 7: Wetting transitions on rough surfaces 129
  12. Chapter 8: Electrowetting and wetting in the presence of external fields 152
  13. Chapter 9: Nonstick droplets 156
  14. Index 169
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