Contact angles: From past mistakes to new developments through liquid-solid adhesion measurements

JW Drelich - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
A contact angle observed for a liquid-solid system is not necessarily a unique value and a
few different contact angles need to be carefully considered in relation to liquid spreading …

Self-cleaning mechanism: why nanotexture and hydrophobicity matter

T Heckenthaler, S Sadhujan, Y Morgenstern… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Dust particles can adhere to surfaces, thereby decreasing the efficiency of diverse
processes, such as light absorption by solar panels. It is well known that …

Droplet spreading and wettability of abrasive processed aluminum alloy surfaces

GV Kuznetsov, EG Orlova, DV Feoktistov… - Metals and Materials …, 2020 - Springer
One of the main cause of a droplet metastable state is found to be surface roughness. This
state is characterized by a large contact angle hysteresis and condition when the static …

On the size-dependent behavior of drop contact angle in wettability alteration of reservoir rocks to preferentially gas wetting using nanofluid

MA Tabar, MH Ghazanfari, AD Monfared - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Wettability alteration of rock surfaces toward gas wetting have been recognized as a
practical approach for maximizing the production from the gas condensate reservoirs. Most …

Roughness-Mediated SI-Fe0CRP for Polymer Brush Engineering toward Superior Drag Reduction

S Li, Y Zhao, R Huang, J Wang, D Wu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Surface-initiated iron (0)-mediated controlled radical polymerization (SI-Fe0CRP) with low
toxicity and excellent biocompatibility is promising for the fabrication of biofunctional polymer …

Compare numerical modeling and improved understanding of dynamic sessile drop contact angle analysis in Liquid-Solid-Gas system

MA Tabar, MH Ghazanfari, AD Monfared - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dynamic contact angle measurement; as a standard method for surface wettability analysis,
is usually conducted through the analysis of sessile drops formed following the low rate …

Time-dependent physicochemical changes of carbonate surfaces from smartwater (diluted seawater) flooding processes for improved oil recovery

SY Chen, K Kristiansen, D Seo, NA Cadirov… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, field-and laboratory-scale studies have shown enhancements in
oil recovery when reservoirs, which contain high-salinity formation water (FW), are …

On the applicability range of Cassie–Baxter and Wenzel equation: a numerical study

M Azadi Tabar, F Barzegar, MH Ghazanfari… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2019 - Springer
In this study, the range of applicability for Cassie–Baxter and Wenzel equations for
estimating apparent contact angle on rough surfaces is numerically discussed. To do this …

Pressure drop with moving contact lines and dynamic contact angles in a hydrophobic round minichannel: visualization via synchrotron X-ray imaging and verification …

SC Park, HJ Kwak, MH Kim, K Fezzaa, YW Lee, DI Yu - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
In hydrophobic mini-and microchannels, slug flow with moving contact lines is typically
generated under various two-phase flow conditions. There is a significant pressure drop in …

Styrenic Block Copolymer-Based Pressure Sensitive Adhesives without Volatile Compounds Using Organic Eutectic Liquid

GH Choi, S Wooh, CB Kim - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) based on styrenic block copolymers are commonly
used in daily life and industry applications owing to their ability to rapidly adhere to surfaces …