{"product_id":"contact-angle-wettability-and-adhesion-volume-4-hardback","title":"Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Volume 4 - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume chronicles the proceedings of the \u003ci\u003e4th International Symposium on Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion\u003c\/i\u003e held in Philadelphia, PA, June 2004. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world of wettability is very wide and it plays a crucial role in many and varied technological areas ranging from microfluidics to biomedical to agriculture to welding. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains a total of 31 papers covering many ramifications of contact angle, wettability and adhesion. All manuscripts were rigorously peer-reviewed and revised, and properly edited before inclusion in this book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe topics covered include: fundamental aspects of contact line region; evaporative behavior of sessile drops; various factors influencing contact angle measurements; different kinds of contact angles; various ways to measure contact angles; contact angle hysteresis; contact angle measurements on various materials (smooth, rough, porous, heterogeneous); effect of electric field on contact angle (electrowetting); wetting and spreading on heterogeneous surfaces; factors influencing wetting\/spreading phenomena; determination of solid surface free energy via contact angle measurements; application of AFM in determining solid surface tension at the nano-scale; ultralyophobic surfaces; surface modification and wettability; multiphase flow dynamics in porous media; thin film coatings for textile materials; bio-fouling resistant coatings; relationships between wetting and adhesion; and relevance\/importance of wetting and surface energetics in technological applications, including cleaning of flooring materials, kinetics of oil removal from coating materials, cell adhesion, and mold compound- metal adhesion in semiconductor packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45576027963630,"sku":"9789067644365","price":588.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/contact-angle-wettability-and-adhesion-volume-4-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}