Young, Boruvka-Neumann, Wenzel and Cassie-Baxter equations as the transversality conditions for the variational problem of wetting

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 345, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 163-165

  Bormashenko, Edward ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boruvka Neumann equation; Cassie equation; Transversality conditions; Variational problem; Wenzel equation; Wetting; Young equation

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE;

BORUVKA-NEUMANN EQUATION; CASSIE EQUATION; TRANSVERSALITY CONDITIONS; VARIATIONAL PROBLEM; WENZEL EQUATION; YOUNG EQUATION;

WETTING;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 67349131124     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.04.054     Document Type: Article

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