Abstract: A view of contact angle hysteresis from the perspectives of the three-phase contact line and of the kinetics of contact line motion is given. Arguments are made that advancing and receding are discrete events that have different activation energies. That hysteresis can be quantified as an activation energy by the changes in interfacial area is argued. That this is an appropriate way of viewing hysteresis is demonstrated with examples.
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-06-03
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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