Surface Wetting - Characterization, Contact Angle, and Fundamentals

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.

List of contents

1.Background.- 2.Contact Angle Measurements and Surface Characterization Techniques.- 3.Wetting on Flat and Smooth Surfaces.- 4.Wetting on Rough Surfaces.- 5.What Do Contact Angles Measure?.- 6.Terminologies and Definitions.- 7 Determination of Solid Surface Tension by Contact Angle.- 8 Summary and Final Remarks.

About the author

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. 

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kock-Ye Law, Kock-Yee Law, Hong Zhao
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319368627
• ISBN: 978-3-31-936862-7
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 273 g
• Illustrations: IX, 162 p. 99 illus., 38 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; B, Chemistry and Materials Science, Classical and Continuum Physics, Materials—Surfaces, Interfaces (Physical sciences), Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films, Surface chemistry & adsorption, Surface and Interface and Thin Film, Thin films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film, Surfaces (Physics), Fluid mechanics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Fluids, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Mechanics of fluids