%0 Journal Article %1 gao2006contact %A Gao, Lichao %A McCarthy, Thomas J. %D 2006 %J Langmuir %K contactangle phd %N 14 %P 6234--6237 %R 10.1021/la060254j %T Contact Angle Hysteresis Explained %U http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la060254j %V 22 %X 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.

@article{gao2006contact, 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. }, added-at = {2014-08-06T13:46:31.000+0200}, author = {Gao, Lichao and McCarthy, Thomas J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22522b1ec1ca4fc7bc1f55964406883ab/bkoch}, description = {Contact Angle Hysteresis Explained - Langmuir (ACS Publications)}, doi = {10.1021/la060254j}, eprint = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/la060254j}, interhash = {b0a0b2d73058e138ef15394e2522b367}, intrahash = {2522b1ec1ca4fc7bc1f55964406883ab}, journal = {Langmuir}, keywords = {contactangle phd}, number = 14, pages = {6234--6237}, timestamp = {2014-08-06T13:46:31.000+0200}, title = {Contact Angle Hysteresis Explained}, url = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la060254j}, volume = 22, year = 2006 }