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Contact Angles in Imaginary Number Space: A Novel Tool for Probing the Remaining Mysteries of Ultrahydrophilicity and Superhydrophilicity.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2014

Herbert P. Jennissen
Herbert P. Jennissen*
Affiliation:
Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
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Abstract

Imaginary contact angles underlying hyperhydrophilicity and the Inverse Lotus Effect introduce a fundamental new development in the area of contact angles and wettability. Just as the Lotus Effect expanded hydrophobicity beyond the maximal contact angle of 119° on a smooth surface, the Inverse Lotus Effect expands hydrophilicity beyond the minimal contact angle of 0° on a smooth surface. Imaginary dynamic contact angles thus offer an exciting enhancement in tools and methodology for measuring the wettability on rough, highly hydrophilic surfaces. Contrary to current thinking, full or perfect wetting of rough surfaces is only little understood and cannot be predicted by classical equations. Therefore also the exact physical basis of imaginary dynamic contact angles remains to be elucidated. In this short treatise some aspects of the new field will be treated with examples derived from rough titanium surfaces employed in the medical field.

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Tisurface reactionwater
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1648: Symposium HH – Functional Surfaces/Interfaces for Controlling Wetting and Adhesion , 2014 , mrsf13-1648-hh01-09
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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