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Static and dynamic contact angle measurements using a custom-made contact angle goniometer
Contact angle is a physical quantity used to evaluate the interaction between a solid surface and a liquid. However, many research laboratories or...
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Digital holographic microscopy for measurement of instantaneous contact angle of an evaporating droplet
Despite the apparent simplicity of the process of a droplet evaporating on a substrate, the temporal evolution of the local contact angle along the...
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Graphene Surface Energy by Contact Angle Measurements
Graphene has become an intensive research field of study in the material science due to its peculiar properties and various applications....
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Influence of the Static Contact Angle on the Liquid Film Coverage for Falling-Film Systems
The coverage of the liquid film over the horizontal tubes, particularly the wetting ratio, is important for gravity-driven evaporators and absorbers...
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Pollution Characteristics of Pyrite Surface in Cyanide Tailings by PCA-Assisted ToF-SIMS and Their Correlation with the Contact Angle
The surface wettability of pyrite, as the main gold-bearing mineral in cyanide tailings, significantly influences flotation performance. This work...
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Effect of Particle Size and Roughness on Contact Angle of ZnTe Thin Films
Zinc telluride (ZnTe) thin films were prepared by close space sublimation method, and their detailed structural properties and wettability...
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Contact angle measurements for automotive exterior water management
AbstractThe simulation of fluid flow over solid surfaces is important in many applications, for example, in automotive applications where good...
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Determination of clay-water contact angle via molecular dynamics and deep-learning enhanced methods
Molecular dynamics modeling is a useful tool to study the interface physics of the clay-water system at the nanoscale. A key parameter to...
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Evaporation Effect on the Contact Angle and Contact Line Dynamics
This chapter shows how evaporation and condensation can modify the wetting conditions. First, we review the microscopic-scale phenomena acting near...
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Computational model and simulations of contact angle and geometry effects on centrifugal microfluidic step-emulsification
The generation of droplets in microfluidic systems is extensively applied in various chemical and biological applications. For two-phase immiscible...
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Development of Contact Angle Prediction for Cellulosic Membrane
Contact angle (CA) of a membrane determines its application. Accurate CA prediction models are available. Nevertheless, detailed membrane roughness...
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Performance of thermoelectric generators for direct and indirect contact with cooling water
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are devices that produce electricity due to the temperature difference between their cold and hot surfaces. The...
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Numerical Study on the Effect of Dynamic Contact Angle on Air Entrapment and Spreading of a Hollow Droplet Impacting on a Surface
The computational analysis of the importance of dynamic contact angle on the dynamic of air entrapped and spreading factor of hollow droplet impact...
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Modeling of two-scale array microstructure and prediction of apparent contact angle based on WEDM
The core issue in the theoretical design of superhydrophobic surfaces is to elucidate the relationship between surface microstructure and...
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Contact angle dynamics during the impact of single water droplet onto a hot flat practical stainless steel surface under medium Weber numbers
An experimental study on the contact angle dynamic during the impact of single water droplet onto a hot flat practical stainless steel surface under...
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Mathematical Modeling and Dynamic Analysis of a Spherical Contact Vector Thruster
In this paper, a novel spherical contact vector thruster based on gear train, hydraulic cylinder and spherical motor is proposed. In the mechanism,...
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Water Content and Bedding Angle Effects on the Mechanical Properties and Micro-/Macro-Failure Mechanism of Phyllite
The study of anisotropy and water degradation in phyllite is a prerequisite for excavation and support of phyllite tunnels. Previous studies have...
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A Study of Flow Patterns Near Moving Contact Lines Over Hydrophobic Surfaces
Understanding the flow patterns emerging near the contact line is a primary concern of moving contact line dynamics. A contact line occurs at the...
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Study of Wettability Behavior of Water Nanodroplets on Platinum Surface by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
AbstractThe present paper deals with a comprehensive investigation of the wettability of the platinum surface when subjected to water nanodroplets...
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Prediction of contact resistance of electrical contact wear using different machine learning algorithms
H62 brass material is one of the important materials in the process of electrical energy transmission and signal transmission, and has excellent...