The debate on the dependence of apparent contact angles on drop contact area or three-phase contact line: A review

HY Erbil - Surface Science Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
A sessile drop is an isolated drop which has been deposited on a solid substrate where the
wetted area is limited by the three-phase contact line and characterized by contact angle …

Corrosion properties and surface free energy of the ZnAl LDH/rGO coating on MAO pretreated AZ31 magnesium alloy

VZ Asl, SF Chini, J Zhao, Y Palizdar, M Shaker… - Surface and Coatings …, 2021 - Elsevier
Micro-arc oxidation (MAO) is one of the promising surface treatment methods that can
enhance the corrosion resistance of magnesium alloys. However, the existence of pores and …

[HTML][HTML] Droplet dynamics under shear flow on surfaces with different wettability

Z Xu, Y **a, J Huang, R Li - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Droplet dynamics on surfaces under shear flow, which affects the efficiency of water
condensate removal in condensation, are significant for investigation. The influencing …

Retention analysis of droplets over compliant substrates

SA Haider, A Raj - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Droplet dynamics over substrates hold numerous applications including fuel cell
technologies, anti-icing, and cleaning technologies. However, a fundamental understanding …

Friction of droplets sliding on microstructured superhydrophobic surfaces

S Qiao, S Li, Q Li, B Li, K Liu, XQ Feng - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Liquid transport is a fundamental process relevant to a wide range of applications, for
example, heat transfer, anti-icing, self-cleaning, drag reduction, and microfluidic systems …

Shedding of water drops from a surface under icing conditions

DK Mandal, A Criscione, C Tropea, A Amirfazli - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
A sessile water drop exposed to an air flow will shed if the adhesion is overcome by the
external aerodynamic forces on the drop. In this study, shedding of water drops were …

Dynamic contact angle of dilute polymer solution drops impacting on a hydrophobic surface

V Bertola, M Wang - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The dynamic contact angle of dilute polymer solution drops impacting on a hydrophobic
PTFE surface is studied experimentally by high-speed imaging, for polymer concentrations …

Beyond the Wenzel and Cassie–Baxter world: Mathematical insight into contact angles

M Vigdorowitsch, LE Tsygankova… - … Methods in the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Wenzel and Cassie–Baxter wetting states are treated as basis states producing a
continuous spectrum of intermediate states. The model considering them as a linear …

How droplets move on surfaces with directional chemical heterogeneities

D Feldmann, BE Pinchasik - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The nature of adhesion of droplets to surfaces is a long pending scientific question. With the
evolution of complex surfaces, quantification and prediction of these adhesion forces …

Aerodynamically driven motion of a wall-bounded drop on a smooth solid substrate

PM Seiler, M Gloerfeld, IV Roisman, C Tropea - Physical Review Fluids, 2019 - APS
The motion of wall-bounded drops moving on solid substrates driven by a fully turbulent
channel flow is experimentally investigated for four substrates of different wetting properties …