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Preface xv
Part 1: Fundamental and General Aspects
1 Wetting of Solid Walls and Spontaneous Capillary Flow 3
Jean Berthier and Kenneth A. Brakke
1.1 Introduction: Capillary Flows and Contact Angles 3
1.2 A General Condition for Spontaneous Capillary Flow (SCF) 5
1.3 The Dynamics of SCF 15
1.4 Conclusion 41
2 A Review of "Ordered Water Monolayer That Does Not Completely Wet Water" at Room Temperature 47
Chunlei Wang and Haiping Fang
2.1 Introduction 47
2.2 "Ordered Water Monolayer that Does Not Completely Wet Water" at Room Temperature 49
2.3 Effect of Surface Point Defects on the Ordered Water Monolayer 55
2.4 Thermal Properties of Ordered Water Monolayer 56
2.5 Simulation or Experimental Observations on the Phenomenon of Water Droplets on Water Monolayers on Real Solid Surfaces at Room Temperature 59
2.6 "Ordered Ethanol Monolayer that does not Completely Wet Ethanol" at Room Temperature 61
2.7 Discussion 64
2.8 Summary 65
3 Cheerios Effect and its Control by Contact Angle Modulation 73
Junqi Yuan and Sung Kwon Cho
3.1 Introduction 74
3.2 Theoretical Models 76
3.3 Control of Cheerios Effect 102
3.4 Concluding Remarks and Outlook 105
4 Recent Mathematical Analysis of Contact Angle Hysteresis 111
Xianmin Xu and Xiaoping Wang
4.1 Introduction 111
4.2 The Physical Principle and Mathematical Method 113
4.3 The Wenzel’s and Cassie’s Equations 114
4.4 The Modified Cassie Equation 118
4.5 Contact Angle Hysteresis 119
4.6 Conclusion and Outlook 124
5 Computational Analysis of Wetting on Hydrophobic Surfaces: Application to Self-Cleaning Mechanisms 129
Muhammad Osman and Roger A. Sauer
5.1 Introduction 130
5.2 Basic Relations in Differential Geometry 131
5.3 System Model 133
5.4 Governing Equations 134
5.5 Force Analysis 139
5.6 Results and Discussion 140
5.7 Conclusions 145
6 Bubble Adhesion to Superhydrophilic Surfaces 149
Ridvan Ozbay, Ali Kibar and Chang-Hwan Choi
6.1 Introduction 150
6.2 Theoretical Models 151
6.3 Experimental 154
6.4 Results and Discussion 155
6.5 Conclusions 161
Acknowledgement 162
References 162
7 Relationship Between the Roughness and Oleophilicity of Functional Surfaces 165
Luisa Coriand, Markus Rettenmayr and Angela Duparré
7.1 Introduction 165
7.2 Basics and Experimental 166
7.3 Results and Discussion 170
7.4 Summary 175
8 Liquid Repellent Amorphous Carbon Nanoparticle Networks 179
Ilker S. Bayer, Alexander J.
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Advances in contact angle, wettability and adhesion. Volume two. ISBN 9781119116998. Published by Wiley-Scrivener in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.