When Wenzel and Cassie are right : reconciling local and global considerations

The condition under which the Wenzel or Cassie equation correctly estimates the most stable contact angle is reiterated and demonstrated: these equations do hold when the drop size is sufficiently large compared with the wavelength of roughness or chemical heterogeneity. The numerical demonstrations...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 25(2009), 3 vom: 03. Feb., Seite 1277-81
Auteur principal: Marmur, Abraham (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Bittoun, Eyal
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2009
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article