Contact angle, wettability and adhesion. / Volume 5

 Content: Part 1: Contact Angle Measurements and Solid Surface Free Energy. Effects of surface structure on the behavior of a heated contact line / M. Ojha, G. Dalakos, S. Panchamgam, P.C. Wayner Jr. and J.L. Plawsky --
 Apparent solidification contact angles of micro-droplets deposited on solid surfaces / Ri Li, N. Ashgriz, S. Chandra, J.R. Andrews and S. Drappel --
 Microscopic wettability of softwood tracheid cell walls: Effects of wall sculpturing, sap solutes, and drying / M.M. Kohonen --
 The effect of binary fatty acids systems on partitioning, IFT and wettability of calcite surfaces / O. Karoussi and A.A. Hamouda --
 Mechanistic modeling of dynamic vapor-liquid interfacial tension in complex petroleum fluids / S.C. Ayirala and D.N. Rao --
 Influence of ambient humidity on the apparent surface free energy of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) / L. Holysz, E. Chibowski and K. Terpilowski. Part 2: Relevance of Wetting in Cleaning and Adhesion. Wettability measurements and cleanliness evaluation without substantial cost / J.B. Durkee and A. Kuhn --
 Wettability parameters controlling the surface cleanability of stainless steel / L. Boulange-Petermann, J.-C. Joud and B. Baroux --
 Functional topcoats on coated textiles for improved or self-attained cleanability / T. Bahners, L. Prager, B. Marquardt and E. Schollmeyer --
 Wetting and adhesion in fibrous materials: Stochastic modeling and simulation / W. Zhong, N. Pan and D. Lukas --
 Adhesion of hydrophobizing agents: A comparison of values determined by contact angle and the JKR approaches / J. Lindfors, J. Laine and P. Stenius --
 Wettability aspects and the improvement of adhesion of UV curable powder coatings on polypropylene substrates / M. Wouters and P. Castell Muixi --
 Modulation of the surface properties of reactive polymers by photo-Fries rearrangement / S. Temmel, T. Hofler and W. Kern --
 Effect of grafting efficiency on peel strength, contact angle, particle size and viscosity of butyl acrylate-PUD hybrid adhesives for plastic laminates / S.K. Patel, R.N. Jagtap and N. Khatik --
 Cell adhesion to polystyrene substrates: Relevance of interfacial free energy / A. Carre and V. Lacarriee. Part 3: Superhydrophobic Surfaces. Superhydrophobic aluminum surfaces obtained by chemical etching / D.K. Sarkar and M. Farzaneh --
 Effect of temperature on superhydrophobic zinc oxide nanotowers / N. Saleema, D.K. Sarkar and M. Farzaneh --
 Superhydrophobic properties of silver coated copper / A. Safaee, D.K. Sarkar and M. Farzaneh --
 Surfactants adsorption at hydrophobic and superhydrophobic solid surfaces / M. Ferrari.