Advances in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Volume 1

Download or read book Advances in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Volume 1 written by K. L. Mittal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of wettabilty is extremely important from both fundamental and applied aspects. The applications of wettability range from self-cleaning windows to micro- and nanofluidics. This book represents the cumulative wisdom of a contingent of world-class (researchers engaged in the domain of wettability. In the last few years there has been tremendous interest in the "Lotus Leaf Effect" and in understanding its mechanism and how to replicate this effect for myriad applications. The topics of superhydrophobicity, omniphobicity and superhydrophilicity are of much contemporary interest and these are covered in depth in this book.