Contact angle of micro-and nanoparticles at fluid interfaces

A Maestro, E Guzmán, F Ortega, RG Rubio - Current opinion in colloid & …, 2014 - Elsevier
The contact angle of particles attached to fluid interfaces plays a key role in many scientific
and technological aspects of particle-laden layers. In spite of the recognized importance, the …

Particle and Particle‐Surfactant Mixtures at Fluid Interfaces: Assembly, Morphology, and Rheological Description

A Maestro, E Santini, D Zabiegaj… - … in Condensed Matter …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We report here a review of particle‐laden interfaces. We discuss the importance of the
particle's wettability, accounted for by the definition of a contact angle, on the attachment of …

Solution casting of cellulose acetate films: influence of surface substrate and humidity on wettability, morphology and optical properties

A Kramar, I Rodríguez Ortega, G González-Gaitano… - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
Variations on the processing conditions of conventional methods for polymeric film
preparation may allow tuning certain properties. In this work, different casting surfaces and …

Effect of aluminum substrate surface modification on wettability and freezing delay of water droplet at subzero temperatures

M Rahimi, A Afshari, E Thormann - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In this study, we have investigated the freezing delay of a water droplet on precooled
substrates of an aluminum alloy that is commonly used for heat-exchanger fins. The surfaces …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of agglomeration on the selective distribution of nanoparticles in binary polymer blends

H Zhang, M Zuo, X Zhang, X Shi, L Yang, S Sun… - Composites Part A …, 2021 - Elsevier
The location of isolated SiO 2 nanoparticles (NPs) grafted with silane or poly (methyl
methacrylate)(PMMA) brushes and their agglomerates in a phase-separated PMMA/poly …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticle-induced morphology evolution and property expression in immiscible polymer blend composites− A review of fundamental understanding on …

R Banerjee, Y Li, SS Ray - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
This article provides a critical overview of the fundamentals related to the migration and
localization of nanoparticles in immiscible polymer blends, with a discussion on recent …

Photoresponsive superhydrophobic surfaces for effective wetting control

S Pan, R Guo, W Xu - Soft Matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Dynamically tuning the surface wettability has long been a scientific challenge, but of great
importance in surface science. Robust superhydrophobic surfaces, displaying switchable …

Directed self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles at air/liquid interfaces

JJ Giner-Casares, J Reguera - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) appear as the forefront functional structure in
nanotechnology. The preparation of functional materials based on inorganic NPs requires …

Contact angle and adsorption energies of nanoparticles at the air–liquid interface determined by neutron reflectivity and molecular dynamics

J Reguera, E Ponomarev, T Geue, F Stellacci… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding how nanomaterials interact with interfaces is essential to control their self-
assembly as well as their optical, electronic, and catalytic properties. We present here an …

Super-omniphobic surface prepared from a multicomponent coating of fluoro-containing polymer and silica nanoparticles

KW Huang, BW Huang, HT Chen, SC Lu… - Progress in Organic …, 2022 - Elsevier
A multicomponent superomniphobic coating that can be applied to a broad range of
substrates via simple spraying of a hybrid material system consisting of fluorinated poly …