Determination of contact angle of microspheres by microscopy methods

Proceedings - International Conference on MEMS, NANO and Smart Systems, ICMENS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 84-88

  Mohammadi, R ^a   Finlay, W H ^a   Roa, W ^b   Amirfazli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Glass; Goniometers; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical variables measurement; Microscopy; Particle measurements; Powders; Solids; Substrates

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; DROPS; GLASS; GONIOMETERS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSPHERES; PHASE INTERFACES; POWDERS; SOLIDS; SUBSTRATES;

AIR WATER INTERFACES; CANCER; GEOMETRICAL RELATIONS; GLASS MICROSPHERES; GLASS PARTICLES; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE MEASUREMENT;

CONTACT ANGLE;

EID: 58049138113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMENS.2003.1221970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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