Apparent and Microscopic Contact Angles

Contents:

PART 1: NANOSCOPIC AND MOLECULAR EFFECTS ON CONTACT ANGLES

Measurement of contact line tension by analysis of the three-phaseboundary with nanometer resolution
T. Pompe, A. Fery and S. Herminghaus

Nanometer resolution of liquid surface topography by scanning forcemicroscopy
A. Fery, T. Pompe and S. Herminghaus

Instability of the three-phase contact region and its effect oncontact angle relaxation
J. Drelich

Molecular mechanisms of hydrophobic transitions
V.V. Yaminsky

Wetting of SiO₂ surfaces by phospholipid dispersions
L.C. Salay and A.M. Carmona-Ribeiro

Wettability and microstructure of polymer surfaces: Sterochemical andconformational aspects
O.N. Tretinnikov

Contact angles on quartz induced by adsorption of heteropolarhydrocarbons
X. Xie and N.R. Morrow

PART 2: SURFACE FORCES AND SURFACE FREE ENERGY

Determination of acid-ase properties of metal oxide films and ofpolymers by contact angle measurements
E. McCafferty and J.P. Wightman

Acid-base surface free energy of solids and the definition of scalesin the van Oss-Good theory
C. Della Volpe and S. Siboni

The gap between the measured and calculated liquid-liquid interfacialtensions derived from contact angles
L.-H. Lee

Effect of external radiofrequency electric field on the surface freeenergy components of calcium carbonate in the presence of cationicand anionic surfactants
E. Chibowski, L. Holys and M. Lubomska

AFM measurements of hydrophobic forces between a polyethylene sphereand silanated silica plates - the significance of surface roughness
J. Nalaskowski, S. Veeramasuneni, J. Hupka and J.D. Miller

Self organization in thin liquid films: dynamics and patterns insystems displaying a secondary minimum
J. Singh and A. Sharma

PART 3: WETTING OF HETEROGENEOUS, ROUGH AND CURVED SURFACES

Underwater captive bubble technique on curved surfaces of blendedpolydimethylsiloxanes
E.A. Angu, R.C. Cameron, S.K. Pollack and W.E. Collins

Thermodynamic equilibrium and stability of liquid films and dropletson fibers
A.V. Neimark

Estimation of contact angles on fibers
G. McHale, S.M. Rowan, M.I. Newton and N.A. Käb

Evolution of surface chemistry and physical properties during thinfilm polymerization of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers
K.-X. Ma, T.-S. Chung, P.K. Pallathadka and S.-S. Feng

The combined effect of roughness and heterogeneity on contact angles:the case of polymer coating for stone protection
C. Della Volpe, A. Penati, R. Peruzzi, S. Siboni, L. Toniolo and C.Colombo

Microsphere tensiometry to measure advancing and receding contactangles on individual particles
S. Ecke, M. Preuss and H.-J. Butt

Wettability of fine solids extracted from bitumen froth
F. Chen, J.A. Finch, Z. Xu and J. Czarnecki

Modification of calcium carbonate surface properties: macroscopic andmicroscopic investigations
M. Chamerois, M. François, F. Villiéras and J. Yvon

Factors influencing contact angle measurements on wood particles bycolumn wicking
M. Wálinder and D.J. Gardner

Determination of contact angles on swelling polymer particles by thecolumn wicking method
S.Q. Shi and D.J. Gardner

PART 4: DYNAMIC EFFECTS IN CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT

Determination of peripheral contact angle of sessile drops on solidsfrom the rate of evaporation
H.Y. Erbil

Analysis of evaporating droplets by using ellipsoidal capgeometry
H.Y. Erbil, G. McHale, S.M. Rowan and M.I. Newton

Surfactant induced wetting singularities in confinedsolid-liquid-liquid systems: kinetic and dynamic aspects
H. Haidara, L. Vonna and J. Schultz

An acoustic technique for the monitoring of dynamic wettingbehaviour
G. McHale, M.I. Newton, M.K. Banerjee and S.M. Rowan

Dynamic contact angle explanation of flow rate-dependentsaturation --- pressure relationships during transient liquid flow in unsaturatedporous media
S.P. Friedman

2000; x+522 pages
ISBN 90-6764-321-1
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