In enhanced oil recovery, wettability plays an important role as that determines the interactions between the solid (rock) and the liquids in the reservoirs (crude oil, brine). Wettability has been recognized as one of the key parameters controlling the remaining oil-in-place.
Smart materials are materials that sense a change in their environment and respond in a useful, reversible way.
Discover how contact angle measurements help optimize plasma treatment for improved wettability and adhesion in industrial applications.
Learn about the effect of surface roughness and wettability on biocompatibility of biomaterials and medical devices.
Contact angle measurements help to evaluate the adhesion and performance of biomedical coatings.
Contact angle measurements offer insight into the behavior of a biomedical device in the human body.
Bioremediation is a natural process that uses living organisms—primarily microbes, fungi, and plants—to clean up contaminated environments.
You might find it confusing when seeing all the different methods for surface free energy calculations. As surface free energy can give you more information on your surface compared to the contact angle measurements alone, it is time well spent to study the different theories more in detailed.
At the heart of droplet formation are two key molecular forces: cohesion and adhesion.