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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| References | |
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| Capillarity: Deformable Interfaces | |
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| Surface Tension | |
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| Physical Origin | |
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| Mechanical Definition: Surface Energy and Capillary Force | |
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| Measurements of Surface (or Interfacial) Tensions | |
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| Laplace Pressure | |
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| Minimal Surfaces | |
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| Jet | |
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| Drop on a Fiber | |
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| Minimal Surfaces With Zero Curvature | |
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| Contact Between Three Phases: Wetting | |
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| Two Types of Wetting: The Spreading Parameter S | |
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| Wetting Criteria: Zisman's Rule | |
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| Choice of Solid/Liquid Pairs | |
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| Ideal Liquids | |
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| Solid Substrates | |
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| Liquid Substrates: Neumann's Construction | |
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| Minimal Surfaces - Euler-Lagrange Equations | |
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| References | |
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| Capillarity and Gravity | |
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| The Capillary Length [kappa superscript -1] | |
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| Drops and Puddles in the Partial Wetting Regime | |
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| The Shape of Drops | |
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| Droplets (R << [kappa superscript -1]) | |
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| Heavy Drops (R >> [kappa superscript -1]) | |
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| Experimental Techniques for Characterizing Drops | |
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| Menisci | |
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| Characteristic Size | |
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| Shape of a Meniscus Facing a Vertical Plate | |
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| Meniscus on a Vertical Fiber | |
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| Capillary Rise in Tubes: Jurin's Law | |
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| Historical Background | |
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| The Law of Capillary Rise | |
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| Pressure Argument for the Capillary Rise | |
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| Floating Lenses | |
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| The Spreading Parameter | |
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| The Shape of Floating Lenses (S < 0) | |
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| Supplement on Techniques for Measuring Surface Tensions | |
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| The Shape of Drops | |
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| The Pendant Drop Method | |
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| Spinning Drops | |
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| Pressure Measurements | |
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| Force Measurements | |
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| Soft Solid Interfaces | |
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| References | |
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| Hysteresis and Elasticity of Triple Lines | |
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| Description of Phenomena | |
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| Advancing and Receding Angle | |
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| Pinning of the Triple Line | |
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| Elasticity of the Triple Line | |
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| The Myth of the Line Tension | |
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| The Fringe Elasticity of the Line of Contact | |
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| Hysteresis Due to Strong, Sparse Defects | |
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| Surfaces With Dense Defects | |
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| A Realistic Example | |
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| Small, Uncorrelated Defects | |
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| Two Cases Consistent With the Elasticity of Vibrating Strings | |
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| Hele-Shaw Cells | |
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| Puddle Edges | |
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| Puddle Distortions | |
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| The Role of Thermal Fluctuations | |
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| References | |
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| Wetting and Long-Range Forces | |
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| Energy and Properties of Films | |
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| Transition From Macroscopic to Microscopic | |
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| Thickness Change and Disjoining Pressure | |
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| Overall Stress in a Film | |
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| Three Types of Wetting | |
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| Stability Condition | |
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| Total Wetting | |
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| Partial Wetting | |
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| Pseudo-Partial Wetting | |
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| The Nature of Long-Range Forces | |
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| van der Waals Forces | |
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| Case of Temperature-Dependent van der Waals Forces | |
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| Van der Waals Interactions in Layered Solids: Surface Treatments | |
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| Other Long-Range Forces | |
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| Some Manifestations of Long-Range Forces | |
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| Films on Slightly Rough Substrates: The Healing Length | |
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| Fine Structure of the Triple Line | |
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| Stratified Film | |
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| References | |
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| Hydrodynamics of Interfaces | |
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| Mechanics of Films: The Lubrication Approximation | |
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| Dynamics of Thin Films | |
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| Thinning of a Vertical Film | |
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| Levelling of a Horizontal Film | |
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| Rayleigh-Taylor Instability | |
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| Plateau-Rayleigh Instability | |
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| Forced Wetting | |
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| The Landau-Levich-Derjaguin Model (and Variant Thereof) | |
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| Soapy Liquids | |
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| Other Geometries | |
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| Dynamics of Impregnation | |
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| Description of the Phenomenon | |
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| Washburn's Law | |
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| Inertial Regime | |
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| Waves and Ripples | |
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| Deep Water Condition | |
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| Dispersion Relation in the Intertial Regime | |
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| Attenuation | |
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| References | |
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| Dynamics of the Triple Line | |
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| Basic Experiment | |
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| Relation Between Force and Velocity | |
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| Mechanical Model (Viscous Dissipation) | |
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| Chemical Model | |
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| Oscillations Modes of a Triple Line | |
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| Dynamics of Total Wetting | |
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| References | |
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| Dewetting | |
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| Critical Thickness for Dewetting | |
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| Film on a Solid Substrate | |
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| Film on a Liquid Substrate | |
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| Sandwiched Liquid Films | |
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| Viscous Dewetting | |
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| Ideal Solid Substrates | |
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| Imperfect Solid Substrates | |
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| Surfaces With Hysteresis | |
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| "Slippery" Substrates | |
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| Liquid Substrates | |
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| Spinodal Dewetting | |
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| Inertial Dewetting | |
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| The Reynolds Number | |
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| The Froude Number (Condition for Shock Waves) | |
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| Liquid/Liquid Inertial Dewetting | |
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| Visco-Elastic Dewetting | |
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| Rupture of Ultra-Viscous Films | |
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| Life and Death of Viscous Bubbles | |
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| References | |
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| Surfactants | |
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| Frustrated Pairs | |
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| Principle | |
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| The Notion of Hydrophilic/Lipophilic Balance (HLB) | |
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| Aggregation of Surfactants | |
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| Aggregation in Volume: Micelles | |
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| Water/Air Interfaces | |
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| Insoluble Monolayers | |
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| Soluble Monolayers | |
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| Dynamical Surface Tensions | |
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| Some Applications of Surfactants | |
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| Flotation | |
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| Detergents | |
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| Emulsification | |
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| Surfactants as Wetting and Dewetting Agents | |
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| Soap Films and Bubbles | |
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| Fabrication of Films | |
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| The Role of Surfactants | |
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| Draining Mechanisms | |
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| Aging and Death of Films | |
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| The Case of Bubbles | |
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| References | |
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| Special Interfaces | |
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| Outline | |
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| Wetting of Textured Surfaces | |
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| Basic Model | |
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| Experiment of Johnson and Dettre | |
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| Wenzel's Model | |
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| The Cassie-Baxter Model | |
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| Composite Rough Surfaces | |
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| Hydrophilic Surfaces | |
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| Hydrophobic Surfaces | |
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| Summary | |
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| Liquid Pearls and Marbles | |
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| Implementation | |
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| Static States | |
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| Dynamical States | |
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| Wetting and Porous Media | |
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| Capillary Rise in a Porous Medium | |
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| Equilibrium Angle at the Surface of a Porous Medium | |
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| Suction Experiments on Drops | |
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| Suction Experiments on Films | |
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| Wetting at Soft Interfaces | |
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| Principles of "Elastic" Wetting | |
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| The Spreading Parameter S | |
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| Young's Relation No Longer Holds! | |
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| Penny-Shaped Trapped Drops | |
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| Experimental Observation of Elastic Wetting | |
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| The Three Partners: Soft Solid, Liquid, and Elastomer | |
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| Observation of the Contact: Reflection Interference Contrast Microscopy | |
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| Drop Profile and Measurement of S | |
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| "Elastic" Dewetting of Wedged-in Films | |
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| Drainage | |
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| Controlled Dewetting: Nucleators | |
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| Wetting Transitions Under Shear: The Principle of Hydroplaning | |
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| Role of Nucleators in Forced Wetting: Cerenkov Wake | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Transport Phenomena | |
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| Chemical Gradients | |
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| Experiments With Vapors | |
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| Transport Toward Wettable Regions | |
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| Thermal Gradients | |
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| Drops Favoring the Cold | |
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| Finger Formation | |
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| Reactive Wetting | |
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| Examples | |
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| Liquid Column in a Capillary | |
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| Bidrops | |
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| "Running Drops" on a Solid Planar Surface | |
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| Transport by Electric Field | |
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| Relevance of Microsystems | |
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| Electrocapillarity | |
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| Principle of Electro-Osmosis | |
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| Examples | |
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| Electrostatic Lenses | |
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| Transfer of Bubbles | |
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| Limitations | |
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| Comparison with Capacitive Effects | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |