Metal cutting fluids have a huge negative impact on human health and environmental
ecology, thus posing a serious threat to the sustainable development of the global …

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 …

This chapter highlights a variety of techniques that are commonly used to measure contact
angles, including the conventional telescope-goniometer method, the Wilhelmy balance …

Wetting of real engineering surfaces occurs in many industrial applications (liquid coating,
lubrication, printing, painting,…). Forced and natural wetting can be beneficial in many …

Film-forming emulsions were formulated by combining soy protein isolate (SPI) with two
essential oils (cinnamon, C and ginger, G), and films were obtained by casting. Regardless …

The distribution and wettability of water molecules on the surface of different cement
hydration products have a close influence on the transport behavior of water in the gel pores …

Fabrication of hydrophobic thin films from a liquid phase is a hot topic with critical
technological issues. Interest in the production of hydrophobic surfaces is growing steadily …

In this study, the nanoparticles of metal–organic framework ZIF‐8 are incorporated into the
poly (lactic acid)(PLA) to prepare the nanocomposite electrospun membrane. The diameter …

Wetting condition of micro/nanostructured surface has received tremendous attention due to
the potential applications in commercial, industrial, and military areas. Surfaces with extreme …

To counteract the adverse effects of mineral oil-based cutting fluids, manufacturing
industries are aspire toward environment-friendly and less toxic cutting fluids. The …