Contact angle of micro- and nanoparticles at fluid interfaces

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-367

  Maestro, Armando ^a   Guzmán, Eduardo ^b   Ortega, Francisco ^c   Rubio, Ramón G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Fluid interfaces; Particle laden films; Particles; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FLUIDITY; WETTING;

CHEMICAL NATURE; CURRENT STATUS; FLUID INTERFACE; MICRO AND NANO-PARTICLE; PARTICLE-LADEN; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS; WETTING PROCESS;

CONTACT ANGLE;

NANOPARTICLE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOID; CONTACT ANGLE; ELLIPSOMETRY; EMULSION; ENERGY; FOAM STABILITY; FREEZE FRACTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84922642208     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.04.008     Document Type: Review

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