Modern Approaches to Wettability

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. The Modern Theory of Contact Angles and the Hydrogen Bond Components of Surface Energies

   • Robert J. Good, Carel J. van Oss

   Pages 1-27

3. The Long-Range Attraction between Macroscopic Hydrophobic Surfaces

   • H. K. Christenson

   Pages 29-51

4. High- and Medium-Energy Surfaces: Ultrahigh Vacuum Approach

   • Malcolm E. Schrader

   Pages 53-71

5. Determination of the Surface Energy of Solids by the Two-Liquid-Phase Method

   • Jacques Schultz, Michel Nardin

   Pages 73-100

6. The Equation of State Approach to Interfacial Tensions

   • J. K. Spelt, D. Li, A. W. Neumann

   Pages 101-142

7. Thermal Reconstruction of the Functionalized Interface of Polyethylene Carboxylic Acid and Its Derivatives

   • Gregory S. Ferguson, George M. Whitesides

   Pages 143-177

8. Block Copolymers and Hydrophilicity

   • Atsushi Takahara

   Pages 179-212

9. Wettability and Bioadhesion in Ophthalmology

   • Frank J. Holly

   Pages 213-248

10. Wettability of Surfaces in the Oral Cavity

    • H. J. Busscher

    Pages 249-261

11. Wettability as a Surface Signal for Sessile Aquatic Organisms

    • James W. Mihm, George Loeb

    Pages 263-278

12. Wettability of Clay Minerals

    • Shmuel Yariv

    Pages 279-326

13. Penetration and Displacement in Capillary Systems

    • Abraham Marmur

    Pages 327-358

14. The Wetting Behavior of Fibers

    • Willard D. Bascom

    Pages 359-373

15. Wettability Phenomena and Coatings

    • Clifford K. Schoff

    Pages 375-395

16. Spreading on Liquids: Effect of Surface Tension Sinks on the Behavior of Stagnant Liquid Layers

    • Eli Ruckenstein, D. G. Suciu, O. Smigelschi

    Pages 397-422

17. Nucleation on Smooth Surfaces

    • Joseph L. Katz, Jin Sheng Sheu, Jer Ru Maa

    Pages 423-434

18. Back Matter

    Pages 435-451

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Striking a balance between applied and theoretical research, this work details many of the uses of wettability and interprets experimental data from a variety of viewpoints, including the 'separation of forces' and the 'equation of state approaches.'

• adhesion
• carboxylic acid
• energy
• equation of state
• experiment
• hydrogen
• mineral
• phase
• polymer

• Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

  Malcolm E. Schrader

• Geomar Associates, Bethesda, USA

  George I. Loeb

• Ship Materials Engineering Department, David Taylor Research Center, Annapolis, USA

  George I. Loeb

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