Advances in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Volume Two

Content: Preface xv    Part 1: Fundamental and General Aspects    1 Wetting of Solid Walls and Spontaneous Capillary Flow 3  Jean Berthier and Kenneth A. Brakke    1.1 Introduction: Capillary Flows and Contact Angles 3    1.2 A General Condition for Spontaneous Capillary Flow (SCF) 5    1.3 The Dynamics of SCF 15    1.4 Conclusion 41    2 A Review of "Ordered Water Monolayer That Does Not Completely Wet Water" at Room Temperature 47  Chunlei Wang and Haiping Fang    2.1 Introduction 47    2.2 "Ordered Water Monolayer that Does Not Completely Wet Water" at Room Temperature 49    2.3 Effect of Surface Point Defects on the Ordered Water Monolayer 55    2.4 Thermal Properties of Ordered Water Monolayer 56    2.5 Simulation or Experimental Observations on the Phenomenon of Water Droplets on Water Monolayers on Real Solid Surfaces at Room Temperature 59    2.6 "Ordered Ethanol Monolayer that does not Completely Wet Ethanol" at Room Temperature 61    2.7 Discussion 64    2.8 Summary 65    3 Cheerios Effect and its Control by Contact Angle Modulation 73  Junqi Yuan and Sung Kwon Cho    3.1 Introduction 74    3.2 Theoretical Models 76    3.3 Control of Cheerios Effect 102    3.4 Concluding Remarks and Outlook 105    4 Recent Mathematical Analysis of Contact Angle Hysteresis 111  Xianmin Xu and Xiaoping Wang    4.1 Introduction 111    4.2 The Physical Principle and Mathematical Method 113    4.3 The Wenzel   s and Cassie   s Equations 114    4.4 The Modified Cassie Equation 118    4.5 Contact Angle Hysteresis 119    4.6 Conclusion and Outlook 124    5 Computational Analysis of Wetting on Hydrophobic Surfaces: Application to Self-Cleaning Mechanisms 129  Muhammad Osman and Roger A. Sauer    5.1 Introduction 130    5.2 Basic Relations in Differential Geometry 131    5.3 System Model 133    5.4 Governing Equations 134    5.5 Force Analysis 139    5.6 Results and Discussion 140    5.7 Conclusions 145    6 Bubble Adhesion to Superhydrophilic Surfaces 149  Ridvan Ozbay, Ali Kibar and Chang-Hwan Choi    6.1 Introduction 150    6.2 Theoretical Models 151    6.3 Experimental 154    6.4 Results and Discussion 155    6.5 Conclusions 161    Acknowledgement 162    References 162    7 Relationship Between the Roughness and Oleophilicity of Functional Surfaces 165  Luisa Coriand, Markus Rettenmayr and Angela Duparre    7.1 Introduction 165    7.2 Basics and Experimental 166    7.3 Results and Discussion 170    7.4 Summary 175    8 Liquid Repellent Amorphous Carbon Nanoparticle Networks 179  Ilker S. Bayer, Alexander J. Davis and Eric Loth    8.1 Introduction 180    8.2 Templates for Liquid Repellent Surfaces 180    8.3 Synthesis Without Flames 184    8.4 Synthesis by Combustion of Terpenoids 189    8.5 Amorphous Carbon Networks on 3-D Porous Materials for Liquid Filtration 191    8.6 Towards Robust Carbonaceous Films on Micro-textured Polymer Surfaces 193    8.7 Conclusions 208    9 Recent Progress in Evaluating Mechanical Durability of Liquid Repellent Surfaces 211  Athanasios Milionis, Ilker S. Bayer and Eric Loth    9.1 Introduction 211    9.2 Durability to Tangential Shear 218    9.3 Durability to Dynamic Impact 233    9.4 Durability under Vertical Compression/Expansion 239    9.5 Wear in Liquid Baths 242    9.6 Inherently Durable Liquid Repellent Materials 249    9.7 Future Directions for Investigating Mechanical Durability 251    10 Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Biobased Materials 259  Ilker S. Bayer    10.1 Introduction 260    10.2 Advances in Liquid Repellent Cellulose Fiber Networks 260    10.3 Liquid Repellent Materials: Cellulose Derivatives 270    10.4 Liquid Repellent Thermoplastic Starch and Biopolyesters 277    10.5 Conclusions 281    Part 2: Wettability Modification    11 Laser Ablated Micro/Nano-Patterned Superhydrophobic Stainless Steel Substrates 287  Sona Moradi, Saeid Kamal and Savvas G. Hatzikiriakos    11.1 Introduction 288    11.2 Materials and Experimental Methods 290    11.3 Experimental Details 292    11.4 Results and Discussion 293    11.5 Conclusions 301    12 RF Plasma Treatment of Neptune Grass (Posidonia oceanica): A Facile Method to Achieve Superhydrophilic Surfaces for Dye Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions 305  Hernando S. Salapare III, Ma. Gregoria Joanne P. Tiquio and Henry J. Ramos    12.1 Introduction 306    12.2 Experimental Details 315    12.3 Results and Discussion 319    12.4 Conclusions 328    13 Highly Liquid Repellent Technical Textiles Obtained by Means of Photo-chemical and Laser Surface Modifications 333  Thomas Bahners and Jochen S. Gutmann    13.1 Introduction 334    13.2 Background of the Conceptual Approach 335    13.3 Application of Combined Laser and Photo-chemical Modifications to Technical Textiles 347    13.4 Summary 358    14 Modification of Paper/Cellulose Surfaces to Control Liquid Wetting and Adhesion 365  Victor Breedveld and Dennis W. Hess    14.1 Introduction 366    14.2 Plasma Processing 366    14.3 Sticky vs. Roll-off Superhydrophobic Surfaces 367    14.4 Local Wetting/Adhesion Control 369    14.5 Superamphiphobic/Superomniphobic Paper 372    14.6 Summary and Conclusions 374    Part 3: Surface Free Energy and Adhesion    15 Surface Free Energy of Superhydrophobic Materials Obtained by Deposition of Polymeric Particles on Glass 381  Konrad Terpilowski    15.1 Introduction 382    15.2 Experimental 385    15.3 Results and Discussion 387    15.4 Conclusions 394    16 Tablet Tensile Strength: Role of Surface Free Energy 397  Frank M. Etzler and Sorana Pisano    16.1 Introduction 398    16.2 Applicability of the Proposed Model to Pharmaceutical Materials 404    16.3 Discussion 414    16.4 Summary 415    7 Why Test Inks Cannot Tell the Whole Truth About Surface Free Energy of Solids 419  Ming Jin, Frank Thomsen, Thomas Skrivanek and Thomas Willers    17.1 Introduction 419    17.2 Background 420    17.3 Materials and Methods 424    17. 4 Results and Interpretation 426    17.5 Advantages and Drawbacks of Contact Angle Measurement in Practice 435    17.6 Summary 437    References 438    Index 439