Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Volume 6

Part 1: Fundamental Aspects
A Guide to the Equilibrium Contact Angles Maze
A. Marmur
Kinetics of Triple Line Motion during Evaporation
M. E. R. Shanahan and K. Sefiane
What Can We Learn from the Vibration of Drops Deposited on Rough Surfaces? Wetting Transitions Occurring on Rough Surfaces
E. Bormashenko, G. Whyman and R. Pogreb
Length Scale Effects in Wetting of Chemically Heterogeneous Surfaces
N. Anantharaju, M. V. Panchagnula and S. Vedantam
Effects of Water Adsorption on Silicon Oxide Nano-asperity Adhesion in Ambient Conditions
D. B. Asay, A. L. Barnette and S. H. Kim
Work of Wetting Associated with the Spreading of Sessile Drops
C. W. Extrand
Effect of Line Tension on Work of Adhesion for Rock–Oil–Brine Systems
D. Saini and D. N. Rao
Is the World Basic? Lessons from Surface Science
K. L. Mittal and F. M. Etzler
Part 2: Wettability Control/Modification
Reversible Transition from Hydrophobicity to Hydrophilicity of Photon Responsive Surfaces: From Photochromic Molecules to Nanocrystals
A. Athanassiou
Femtosecond Laser-Induced Surface Structures on Platinum and Their Effects on Surface Wettability and Fibroblast Cell Proliferation
E. Fadeeva, S. Schlie, J. Koch, B. N. Chichkov, A. Y. Vorobyev and C. Guo
A Novel Design of Water- and Oil-Repellent Surface Modifier Having Double-Fluoroalkyl Groups
T. Kawase, S. Ohshita, C. Yoshimasu and T. Oida
Toward Superlyophobic Surfaces
W. Ming, B. Leng, R. Hoefnagels, D. Wu, G. de With and Z. Shao
The Porosity and Wettability Properties of Hydrogen Ion Treated Poly(tetrafluoroethylene)
H. S. Salapare III, G. Q. Blantocas, V. R. Noguera and H. J. Ramos
Part 3: Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Superhydrophobicity: Localized Parameters and Gradient Surfaces
G. McHale, S. J. Elliott, M. I. Newton and N. J. Shirtcliffe
Design of Superhydrophobic Paper/Cellulose Surfaces via Plasma Enhanced Etching and Deposition
B. Balu, J. S. Kim, V. Breedveld and D. W. Hess
Superhydrophobic Aluminum Surfaces: Preparation Routes, Properties and Artificial Weathering Impact
M. Thieme, C. Blank, A. Pereira de Oliveira, H. Worch, R. Frenzel, S. Höhne, F. Simon, H. G. Pryce Lewis and A. J. White
Aqueous and Non-aqueous Liquids on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Recent Developments
M. Ferrari
Part 4: Surface Free Energy and Relevance of Wettability in Adhesion
Comparison of Apparent Surface Free Energy of Some Solids Determined by Different Approaches
E. Chibowski and K. Terpilowski
Surface Free Energy of Viscoelastic Thermal Compressed Wood
M. Petriˇc, A. Kutnar, B. Kriˇcej, M. Pavliˇc, F. A. Kamke and M. Šernek
Modification of Sugar Maple Wood Board Surface by Plasma Treatments at Low Pressure
V. Blanchard, B. Riedl, P. Blanchet and P. Evans
The Effect of a Plasma Pre-treatment on the Quality of Flock Coatings on Polymer Substrates
T. Bahners, G. Hoffmann, J. Nagel, E. Schollmeyer and A. Voigt
Adhesion Properties of Wood–Plastic Composite Surfaces: Atomic Force Microscopy as a Complimentary Analysis Tool
G. S. Oporto, D. J. Gardner and D. J. Neivandt
Wettability Behavior and Adhesion Properties of a Nano-epoxy Matrix with Organic Fibers
W. H. Zhong, Y. Fu, S. Jana, A. Salehi-Khojin, A. Zhamu and M. T. Wingert
Enhancing the Fiber–Matrix Adhesion in Woven Jute Fabric Reinforced Polyester Resin-Based Composites
A. A. Kafi and B. L. Fox
Scratch and Hydrophobic Properties of Al Alloy Surface by Combination of Transparent Inorganic and Silane-Based Coatings
A. R. Phani, P. De Marco and S. Santucci

Biography

Mittal\, Kash L.