Interactions between hydrophobic surfaces at nanometer separation distances in aqueous
solutions are important in a number of biological and industrial processes. Force …

Surface wettability, a property that governs the interaction between the solid and liquid
phases, is central in various biological systems and technological applications. A typical …

A systematic molecular dynamics study shows that the contact angle of a water droplet on
graphite changes significantly as a function of the water− carbon interaction energy …

Surface thermodynamics forms the foundation of any meaningful study of capillarity and
wetting phenomena. This second edition offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art treatment of …

We optimized potential parameters in a molecular dynamics model to reproduce the
experimental contact angle of a macroscopic mercury droplet on graphite. With the tuned …

Previous AFM experiments on surface nanobubbles have suggested an anomalously large
contact angle θ of the bubbles (typically∼ 160° measured through the water) and a possible …

Molecular dynamics simulations were used to study the wetting of polymer surfaces with
water. Contact angles of water droplets on crystalline and two amorphous polyethylene (PE) …

A novel method to calculate the solid-liquid contact angle is introduced in this study. Using
the 3D configuration of a liquid droplet on a solid surface, this method calculates the contact …

The dependence of the contact angle on the size of a nanoscopic droplet residing on a flat
substrate is traditionally ascribed solely to line tension. Other contributions, stemming from …

The investigation of micro‐and nanoscale droplets on solid surfaces offers a wide range of
research opportunities both at a fundamental and an applied level. On the fundamental side …