Wetting of real surfaces / by Edward Yu. Bormashenko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bormashenko, Edward Yu.

Series:

De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics

De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surface tension.

Wetting.

Solid-liquid interfaces.

Hysteresis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The revealing of the phenomenon of superhydrophobicity (the "lotus-effect") has stimulated an interest in wetting of real (rough and chemically heterogeneous) surfaces. In spite of the fact that wetting has been exposed to intensive research for more than 200 years, there still is a broad field open for theoretical and experimental research, including recently revealed superhydrophobic, superoleophobic and superhydrophilic surfaces, so-called liquid marbles, wetting transitions, etc. This book integrates all these aspects within a general framework of wetting of real surfaces, where physical and chemical heterogeneity is essential. Wetting of rough/heterogeneous surfaces is discussed through the use of the variational approach developed recently by the author. It allows natural and elegant grounding of main equations describing wetting of solid surfaces, i.e. Young, Wenzel and Cassie-Baxter equations. The problems of superhydrophobicity, wetting transitions and contact angle hysteresis are discussed in much detail, in view of novel models and new experimental data.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Notation

Contents

Chapter 1: What is surface tension?

Chapter 2: Wetting of ideal surfaces

Chapter 3: Contact angle hysteresis

Chapter 4: Dynamics of wetting

Chapter 5: Wetting of rough and chemically heterogeneous surfaces: the Wenzel and Cassie models

Chapter 6: Superhydrophobicity, superhydrophilicity, and the rose petal effect

Chapter 7: Wetting transitions on rough surfaces

Chapter 8: Electrowetting and wetting in the presence of external fields

Chapter 9: Nonstick droplets

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781680152067

1680152068

9783110258790

311025879X

OCLC:

853270823