Capillary imbibition, such as plant roots taking up water, reservoir rocks absorbing brine and
a tissue paper wiping stains, is pervasive occurred in nature, engineering and industrial …

Remarkable efforts have been dedicated to paper-based chemosensors and biosensors
over the last few years, mainly driven by the promise of reaching the best trade-off between …

Poly mer Interface and Adhesion provides the critical basis for further advancement in
thisfield. Combining the principles of interfacial science, rheology, stress analysis, and …

Efficient sweat release and heat dissipation are required for functional textiles that improve
comfort and productivity while being worn in daily life. However, the porous structure of …

An overview and detailed analysis of the classical theory of capillarity is presented. A
number of known equations of capillary rise dynamics are shown to be different limiting …

The fundamentals of wetting and wicking are reviewed. Wetting is the displacement of a fiber-
air interface with a fiber-liquid interface. Wicking is the spontaneous flow of a liquid in a …

Bio-compatible, bio-degradable, and bio-available excipients are of critical interest for drug
delivery systems. Cellulose and its derivative-based excipients have been well studied due …

We present new results on an old problem (capillary rise). A small tube is put in contact with
a liquid of low viscosity. It is found that 1) the early stage of the rise is described by a linear …

The previous chapter was largely theoretical, in that it dealt with the interpretation of contact
angle results in terms of solid surface energies. It also delved into the question of how the …

This work investigates the surface and bulk properties of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and
bacterial cellulose (BC), as well as their reinforcing ability in polymer nanocomposites. BC …