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Surface Forces: Electrostatic & Van der Waals Interactions

Explores electrostatic and van der Waals forces, adhesion in geckos, and methods to prevent stiction in microsystems.

Solid Liquid Interfaces: Young's Theorem and Cassie Equation

Explores Young's Theorem and the Cassie Equation for solid-liquid interfaces.

Explores surface tension, adhesion, cohesion, intermolecular forces, and the Young equation in relation to various materials and liquids.

Wettability and Capillary Length

Explores wettability, force balance, wetting behavior, and capillary length in liquids.

Ceramic Processing: Dispersion and Wetting

Explores the production of ceramic pastes, dispersion, wetting, surface tension, and the lotus leaf effect.

Surfaces and Interfaces: Thermodynamics and Kinetics

Explores surface and interface energy, wetting kinetics, and the impact of geometric and chemical inhomogeneities on wetting behavior.

Adhesive Technologies: Types and Formulations

Explores the chemistry, formulations, and applications of various adhesives in different industries.

Solid-Liquid Interfaces: Equations and Considerations

Discusses equations and considerations for solid-liquid interfaces and adhesion energy.

Surface Tension: Cohesive and Adhesion Forces

Explores surface tension, cohesive forces, and adhesion forces in liquids.

Mechanical Joints: Snap Fits and Adhesive Bonding

Covers mechanical joints, focusing on snap fits and adhesive bonding principles.

Surface Tension: Fundamentals and Applications

Covers the fundamentals of surface tension, adhesion forces, and laser manufacturing technologies.

Basics of Adhesive Bonding

Explores adhesive bonding basics, including types, failure mechanisms, surface treatments, and formulation factors.

Surface Absorption and Catalysis

Explores surface absorption, catalysis, and the importance of specific surfaces in chemical reactions and hydrogen economy.

Capillarity and Surface Tension

Covers capillarity, capillary rise, wetting, non-wetting, and surface forces.

Fluid Mechanics: Hydrodynamics and Surface Tension

Explores fluid mechanics, emphasizing hydrodynamics and surface tension in various fluid systems and practical applications.

Intermolecular Potentials and Surface Forces in Liquids

Covers intermolecular potentials, surface forces, surface tension, and hydrophobic surfaces in liquids.

Surface Phenomena: Adsorption, Isotherms & Tension

Explores adsorption, isotherms, and surface tension phenomena in nanoscale materials.

Autonomously Moving and Assembling Soft Matter Systems

Explores autonomously moving and assembling soft matter systems, focusing on hydrogel actuators, latch-mediated spring actuation, and self-spinning filament bundles.

Surface Tension and Contact Angle

Explores surface tension, contact angles, and interfacial forces in drops on different surfaces.

Fluid Mechanics: Hydrodynamics

Covers the principles of fluid mechanics, focusing on hydrodynamics and forces in liquids.