Contact angle measurement and contact angle interpretation

1999/09/01 by D.Y. Kwok, Daniel Y. Kwok, A.W. Neumann +1 · 1,648 citations
Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Materials Science · Mathematics · #Capillary surface #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Condensed matter physics #Contact angle #Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics #Geometry #Materials science #Mathematics #Mechanics #Physics #Polar #Sessile drop technique #Solid surface #Surface (topology) #Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity #Surface tension #Thermodynamics #Universality (dynamical systems) #nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

paper · doi:10.1016/s0001-8686(98)00087-6

published in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 81(3), 167-249 (Elsevier BV)

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