Low-bond axisymmetric drop shape analysis for surface tension and contact angle measurements of sessile drops

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 364, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 72-81

  Stalder, Aurélien F ^a   Melchior, Tobias ^b   Müller, Michael ^b   Sage, Daniel ^d   Blu, Thierry ^c   Unser, Michael ^d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADSA; Coal ash slag; Contact angle measurement; Drop shape analysis; Sessile drop; Surface tension measurement

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COAL; COAL ASH; COAL INDUSTRY; CONTACT ANGLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTERPOLATION; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SLAGS; SPLINES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

ADSA; AXISYMMETRIC; AXISYMMETRIC DROP SHAPE ANALYSIS; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; COAL ASH SLAGS; CONTACT POINTS; CUBIC B -SPLINE; DISCRETISATION; DROP SHAPE ANALYSIS; FIRST-ORDER; HIGH QUALITY IMAGES; MIRROR SYMMETRY; OPTIMISATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE; ROBUST MEASUREMENT; SESSILE DROPS; SUBPIXEL RESOLUTION; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

DROPS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASH; CALCULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GONIOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77953810834     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.04.040     Document Type: Article

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