The topic of wettabilty is extremely important from both fundamental and applied aspects. The applications of wettability range from self-cleaning windows to micro- and nanofluidics. This book represents the cumulative wisdom of a contingent of world-class (researchers engaged in the domain of wettability. In the last few years there has been tremendous interest in the "Lotus Leaf Effect" and in understanding its mechanism and how to replicate this effect for myriad applications. The topics of superhydrophobicity, omniphobicity and superhydrophilicity are of much contemporary interest and these are covered in depth in this book.
- ISBN10 1299775896
- ISBN13 9781299775893
- Publish Date 1 January 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Wiley-Scrivener
- Format eBook
- Language English