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.
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ISBN
9783110258790
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
De Gruyter
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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