Particle contact angles at fluid interfaces: Pushing the boundary beyond hard uniform spherical colloids

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 28, Issue 31, 2016, Pages

  Zanini, Michele ^a   Isa, Lucio ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

colloids; interfaces; wetting

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; COLLOIDS; CONTACT ANGLE; DEFORMATION; FLUIDITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOPARTICLES; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTING;

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; MICRO AND NANO-PARTICLE; NANO-SCALE OBJECTS; NEW EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; PARTICLE CONTACT ANGLES; PARTICLE SYNTHESIS; THREE PHASE CONTACTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

INTERFACE STATES;

EID: 84976402680     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/31/313002     Document Type: Review

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