Overview
- Covers wetting, both fundamentals and recent advances
- Details the connection between surface-liquid interaction and contact angles
- Proposes standardization protocols for contact angle measurements
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This book describes wetting fundamentals and reviews the standard protocol for contact angle measurements. The authors include a brief overview of applications of contact angle measurements in surface science and engineering. They also discuss recent advances and research trends in wetting fundamentals and include measurement techniques and data interpretation of contract angles.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Kock-Yee Law is a researcher in nanotechnology and surface design with over 120 peer-reviewed publications and 105 granted US patents to date. Dr. Hong Zhao is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Engineering, Mechanical, and Nuclear Engineering.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Surface Wetting
Book Subtitle: Characterization, Contact Angle, and Fundamentals
Authors: Kock-Yee Law, Hong Zhao
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25214-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25212-4Published: 25 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36862-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25214-8Published: 18 November 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 162
Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films