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Wetting

Wetting is the ability of a liquid to maintain contact with a solid surface by displacing another substance or material – either a gas, or other liquid not miscible with the wetting liquid – due to the differential strength of intermolecular interactions with the surface.

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High-energy vs. low-energy surfaces

EnergyGlassesCeramicsCovalentIonic
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Modifying wetting properties

SurfactantsFerroceneRedoxMonomersPolymers
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Overview

LiquidSolidSurfaceMiscibleIntermolecular
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Ideal solid surfaces

HysteresisEquilibriumLaw of sinesTriangleMolecular dynamics
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High-energy vs. low-energy surfaces

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Spreading dynamics

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Wetting

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Avg. degree1.98
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Wetting

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related to Further reading · 20
Wetting → April, Brochard-Wyart, Capillarity, Clayton, CRC Press, David, Françoise, Gennes, ISBN, Manuel, Pierre-Gilles, Quéré, Radke, S2CID, Spreading Dynamics, Springer New York, Starov, Velarde, Victor, Wetting Phenomena
see also · 12
Wetting → Adsorption, Angle, Chemicals, Lab, Method, Minimum, Molecule, Phenomenon, Physical, Retraction, Thin, Upward
related to High-energy vs. low-energy surfaces · 9
Wetting → Depending, Liquids, Most, Since, Solids, The, Thus, Traditionally, Waals
related to Molecular energetic perspective of hydrophobicity · 8
Wetting → According, Defect Interaction Threshold, DIT, Moreover, Recent, This, V3S, V4S
related to Cassie–Baxter to Wenzel transition · 7
Wetting → Baxter, Cassie, During, Figure, In, The, Wenzel
related to Computational prediction of wetting · 5
Wetting → As, DFT, For, In, This
related to Explanation · 5
Wetting → As, Figure, However, The, Thus
related to Spreading dynamics · 4
Wetting → For, Hence, If, While
related to Surfactants · 4
Wetting → By, Many, The, When
related to External links · 3
Wetting → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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surface contact solid liquid angle droplet equation surfaces energy drop water angles line equilibrium cassie tension roughness figure displaystyle wenzel

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Wettingis aability of a liquid to maintain contact with a solid surface by displacing another substance or material0.90text
Wettingis aspreading parameter S0.90text
metalsinstance ofSolids0.80text
glassesinstance ofSolids0.80text
and ceramics are known as 'hard solids' because the chemical bonds that hold them togetherinstance ofSolids0.80text
AFMinstance of0.Generalized model for the contact angle of droplets on flat and curved surfacesWith improvements in measuring techniques0.80text
confocal microscopyinstance of0.Generalized model for the contact angle of droplets on flat and curved surfacesWith improvements in measuring techniques0.80text
SEMinstance of0.Generalized model for the contact angle of droplets on flat and curved surfacesWith improvements in measuring techniques0.80text
researchers were able to produceinstance of0.Generalized model for the contact angle of droplets on flat and curved surfacesWith improvements in measuring techniques0.80text
image droplets at ever smaller scalesinstance of0.Generalized model for the contact angle of droplets on flat and curved surfacesWith improvements in measuring techniques0.80text
DFTinstance ofIn the theoretical prediction of wetting by ab initio approaches0.80text
ice is commonly substituted for waterinstance ofIn the theoretical prediction of wetting by ab initio approaches0.80text

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