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Surface Science Techniques pp 3–34Cite as

Contact Angle and Wetting Properties

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences ((SSSUR,volume 51))

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This chapter highlights a variety of techniques that are commonly used to measure contact angles, including the conventional telescope-goniometer method, the Wilhelmy balance method, and the more recently developed drop-shape analysis methods. The various applications and limitations of these techniques are described. Notably, studies of ultrasmall droplets on solid surfaces allow wetting theories to be tested down to the nanometer scale, bringing new insight to contact angle phenomena and wetting behavior.

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We acknowledge generous financial support from the National Science Foundation (DMR-0906727), the Robert A. Welch Foundation (Grant No. E-1320), and the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston.

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Yuan, Y., Lee, T.R. (2013). Contact Angle and Wetting Properties. In: Bracco, G., Holst, B. (eds) Surface Science Techniques. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 51. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34243-1_1

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