Morphological wetting transitions at chemically structured surfaces

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-48

  Lipowsky, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Dewetting; Line tension; Structured surface; Wetting

Indexed keywords

FREEZE DRYING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0035082426     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(00)00086-8     Document Type: Review

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