Recent progress in the correlation of contact angles with solid surface tensions are
summarized. The measurements of meaningful contact angles in terms of surface energetics …

Surface wettability, a property that governs the interaction between the solid and liquid
phases, is central in various biological systems and technological applications. A typical …

This book is written and organized around three topics: electron diffraction, electron optics,
and electron crystallography. It is intended as an advanced undergraduateor graduate-level …

Kee** pace with explosive developments in the field, Colloidal Science of Flotation
reviews and updates the fundamentals of the bubble-particle collection phenomenon using …

This volume chronicles the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Contact
Angle, Wettability and Adhesion held in Providence, Rhode Island, May 20a 23, 2002. This …

Surface thermodynamics forms the foundation of any meaningful study of capillarity and
wetting phenomena. This second edition offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art treatment of …

From a thermodynamic point of view, the concept of line tension is on solid ground; it is well
recognized and defined. There is a notion in the literature that there is little consensus with …

Attempting to remove the maximum number of inclusions from liquid steel by bubble flotation
is an important means of improving steel cleanliness. There has, however, been no …

Capillary Flows with Forming Interfaces explores numerous theoretical problems that arise
in the mathematical description of capillary flows. It focuses on develo** a unified …

The contact line tension of a three-phase system (solid-liquid-vapor) is determined from the
liquid surface topography data obtained with scanning force microscopy. The data are …