Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

Contact angle hysteresis is an important physical phenomenon. It is omnipresent in nature
and also plays a crucial role in various industrial processes. Despite its relevance, there is a …

Antibiotic resistance is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality, triggered by the
adhesion of microbes and to some extent the formation of biofilms. This condition has been …

This work establishes that static contact angles for gallium-based liquid metals have no
utility despite the continued and common use of such angles in the literature. In the …

Implant-associated infections, which are normally induced by microbial adhesion and
subsequent biofilm formation, are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Therefore …

The resonant vibrations of small (microliter) sessile water droplets supported on solid
substrates were monitored using a simple optical detection technique. A small puff of air was …

In order to study the improvement of hydrated lime (HL) on asphalt adhesion from
mechanism, an asphalt-aggregate adhesion failure model was established based on …

Elucidating the predominant factors for the freezing delay of surfaces is still a matter of
discussion and controversy. Freezing delay is explained in literature through the classical …

It is well-established that the equilibrium contact angle in a thermodynamic framework is an
“unattainable” contact angle. Instead, the most-stable contact angle obtained from …

We propose to measure the most accurate contact angle for calculation of solid surface
tensions from the most mechanically stable drop. From tilting plate experiments, we probed …