Wetting Theory (Hardcover)

Introduction

1. The Origin of Flow During Wetting of Solids
2. The Appearance of Dry Patches on a Wetted Wall
3. Spreading Kinetics of Liquid Drops on Solids
4. Concerning the Driving Force for Wetting
5. Slip Velocity during Wetting of Solids
6. On the No-Slip Boundary Condition of Hydrodynamics
7. Dynamics of Partial Wetting
8. Slip Velocity during the Flow of a Liquid over a Solid Surface
9. Sorption on Deformable Solids. Density Functional Theory Approach

Introduction

1. Fluid Density Profile Transitions and Symmetry Breaking in a Closed Nanoslit
2. Symmetry Breaking of the Fluid Density Profiles in Closed Nanoslits
3. Effect of Fluid-Solid Interactions on Symmetry Breaking in Closed Nanoslits
4. Two-dimensional Symmetry Breaking of Fluid Density Distribution in Closed Nanoslits
5. Symmetry Breaking in Binary Mixtures in Closed Nanoslits
6. Symmetry Breaking of the Density Distribution of a Quantum Fluid in a Nanoslit
7. Symmetry Breaking in Confined Fluids

Introduction

1. The Wetting Angle of Very Small and Large Drops
2. On the Shape and Stability of a Drop on a Solid Surface
3. Microcontact and Macrocontact Angles and the Drop Stability on a Bare Surface.
4. Microscopic Treatment of a Barrel Drop on Fibers and Nanofibers
5. Cylindrical Droplet on Nanofibers: A Step toward the Clam-Shell Drop Description
6. Microscopic Interpretation of the Dependence of the Contact Angle on Roughness
7. Nanodroplets on a Planar Solid Surface: Temperature, Pressure and Size Dependence of Their Density and Contact Angles
8. Dependence of the Macroscopic Contact Angle on the Liquid-Solid Interaction Parameters and Temperature.

4.1 Simple Expression for the Dependence of the Nanodrop Contact Angle on Liquid-Solid Interactions and Temperature

4.2 Universality in the Dependence of the Drop Contact Angle on Liquid-Solid Interactions and Temperature Obtained by the Density Functional Theory

1. Nanodrop of an Ising Magnetic Fluid on a Solid Surface

1. Nanodrop on a Nanorough Solid Surface: Density Functional Theory Considerations

4.5 Nanodrop on a Nanorough Hydrophilic Solid Surface: Contact Angle Dependence on the Size, Arrangement, and Composition of the Pillars

1. Contact Angle of a Nanodrop on a Nanorough Solid Surface
2. Contact Angles of Nanodrops on Chemically Rough Surfaces
3. Nanodrop on a Smooth Solid Surface with Hidden Roughness. Density Functional

Theory Considerations

1. A Nanodrop on the Surface of a Lubricating Liquid Covering a Rough Solid Surface
2. Size Dependence of the Contact Angle of a Nanodrop in a Nanocavity:

Density Functional Theory Considerations

3. Microscopic Calculation of the Sticking Force for Nanodrops on an Inclined Surface

1. Calculation of Nanodrop Profile From Fluid Density Distribution

4.13 Microscopic Description of a Drop on a Solid Surface

Introduction

1. Spontaneous Rupture of Thin Liquid Films
2. Stability of Thin Solid Films
3. Stability of Stagnant Viscous Films on a Solid Surface
4. Stability of Symmetric and Unsymmetric Thin Liquid Films to Short and Long Wavelenthy Perturbations
5. An Analytical Nonlinear Theory of Thin Film Rupture and its Application to Wetting Films
6. Finite-Amplitude Instability of Thin Free and Wetting Films: Prediction of Lifetimes
7. Stability, Critical Thickness, and the Time of Rupture of Thinning Foam and Emulsion Films
8. Nonlinear Stability and Rupture of Ultrathin Free Films
9. Dewetting of Solids by the Formation of Holes in Macroscopic Liquid Films.
10. Energetic Criteria for the Breakup of Liquid Films on Nonwetting Solid Surfaces
11. Mechanism of Tear Film Rupture and Formation of Dry Spots on Cornea
12. The Role of Lipid Abnormalities, Aqueous and Mucus Deficiencies in the Tear Film

Breakup, and Implications for Tear Substitutes and Contact Lens Tolerance.