Contact angles of sessile droplets deposited on rough and flat surfaces in the presence of external fields

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Bormashenko, E ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dependence of interfacial tensions on external fields Cassie and Wenzel models; Electrowetting; Excess free energy variation; Line tension; Transversality conditions

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO WETTING; EXCESS FREE ENERGY; EXTERNAL FIELDS; LINE TENSION; TRANSVERSALITY CONDITIONS;

CONTACT ANGLE; WETTING;

DROPS;

EID: 84863729272     PISSN: 09735348     EISSN: 17606101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/mmnp/20127401     Document Type: Article

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