Wetting and spreading
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Wetting and spreading
Wetting phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and technology. A solid substrate exposed to the environment is almost invariably covered by a layer of fluid material. In this review, the surface forces that lead to wetting are considered, and the equilibrium surface coverage of a substrate in contact with a drop of liquid. Depending on the nature of the surface forces involved, different scenarios ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Reviews of Modern Physics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0034-6861,1539-0756
DOI: 10.1103/revmodphys.81.739