Preface | p. ix |
Nanoscopic and Molecular Effects on Contact Angles | |
Measurement of contact line tension by analysis of the three-phase boundary with nanometer resolution | p. 3 |
Nanometer resolution of liquid surface topography by scanning force microscopy | p. 13 |
Instability of the three-phase contact region and its effect on contact angle relaxation | p. 27 |
Molecular mechanisms of hydrophobic transitions | p. 47 |
Wetting of SiO[subscript 2] surfaces by phospholipid dispersions | p. 95 |
Wettability and microstructure of polymer surfaces: stereochemical and conformational aspects | p. 111 |
Contact angles on quartz induced by adsorption of heteropolar hydrocarbons | p. 129 |
Surface Forces and Surface Free Energy | |
Determination of the acid-base properties of metal oxide films and of polymers by contact angle measurements | p. 149 |
Acid-base surface free energies of solids and the definition of scales in the Good-van Oss-Chaudhury theory | p. 171 |
The gap between the measured and calculated liquid-liquid interfacial tensions derived from contact angles | p. 209 |
Effect of an external radiofrequency electric field on the surface free energy components of calcium carbonate in the presence of cationic and anionic surfactants | p. 229 |
AFM measurements of hydrophobic forces between a polyethylene sphere and silanated silica plates--the significance of surface roughness | p. 245 |
Self-organization in unstable thin liquid films: dynamics and patterns in systems displaying a secondary minimum | p. 261 |
Wetting of Heterogeneous, Rough and Curved Surfaces | |
Underwater captive bubble technique on curved surfaces of blended polydimethylsiloxanes | p. 285 |
Thermodynamic equilibrium and stability of liquid films and droplets on fibers | p. 301 |
Estimation of contact angles on fibers | p. 319 |
Evolution of surface chemistry and physical properties during thin film polymerization of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers | p. 333 |
The combined effect of roughness and heterogeneity on contact angles: the case of polymer coating for stone protection | p. 349 |
Microsphere tensiometry to measure advancing and receding contact angles on individual particles | p. 377 |
Wettability of fine solids extracted from bitumen froth | p. 389 |
Modification of calcium carbonate surface properties: macroscopic and microscopic investigations | p. 405 |
Factors influencing contact angle measurements on wood particles by column wicking | p. 419 |
A new model to determine contact angles on swelling polymer particles by the column wicking method | p. 431 |
Dynamic Effects in Contact Angle Measurement | |
Determination of the peripheral contact angle of sessile drops on solids from the rate of evaporation | p. 447 |
Analysis of evaporating droplets using ellipsoidal cap geometry | p. 457 |
Surfactant-induced wetting singularities in confined solid-liquid-liquid systems: kinetic and dynamic aspects | p. 475 |
An acoustic technique for the monitoring of dynamic wetting behavior | p. 487 |
Dynamic contact angle explanation of flow rate-dependent saturation-pressure relationships during transient liquid flow in unsaturated porous media | p. 497 |
Subject index | p. 521 |
Author index | p. 523 |
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