Contact angle hysteresis: A review of fundamentals and applications

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-260

  Eral, H B ^a,b   'T Mannetje, D J C M ^b   Oh, J M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advancing and receding contact angle; Coffee ring; Coffee stain; Contact angle hysteresis; Electrowetting; Evaporative self assembly; Mechanical reduction of contact angle hysteresis; Pattern formation; Sliding drop

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING AND RECEDING CONTACT ANGLES; COFFEE RINGS; COFFEE STAINS; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; ELECTRO WETTING; PATTERN FORMATION; SLIDING DROPS;

HYSTERESIS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MODELS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

CONTACT ANGLE;

COFFEE; COFFEE STAIN PHENOMENON; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; ELECTROWETTING; EVAPORATION; HYSTERESIS; INDUSTRY; PATTERN FORMATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLIDING DROP; STAIN;

EID: 84878347028     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-012-2796-6     Document Type: Review

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