Deformation of a free interface pierced by a tilted cylinder: Variation of the contact angle

Capillary force on a tilted cylinder: Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) measurements

“…With this torque correction, the experimental data agree nicely with Raufaste and Cox's prediction for the capillary force applied by a meniscus at equilibrium on a tilted cylinder 21 , that's to say a vertical capillary force equal to πD 0 γ cos θ cos i . As a result, this good agreement validates their numerical approach.…”

“…It also depends on the tilting angle through the cos α and sin i terms and the capillary force F cap , which also depends on the immersion angle i. According to Raufaste and Cox 21 ,…”

Effect of gravity on the orientation and detachment of cubic particles adsorbed at soap film or liquid interfaces

“…Therefore our estimate for the critical Bond number reduces to Bo c = 1.5πr 3 s /V s ≈ 0.61, which is similar to what we observed in our simulation and experiments. In our simulations, we kept the contact angle between the soap film and the cube fixed at 90 • , as this provided a reasonable approximation for what we observed in experiments as long as the dynamics is quasistatic [37,38]. This contact angle is clearly an important parameter, and changing it will surely affect the final orientation of entrapped cubes, as already observed in the small Bo limit [21,22], as well as the value of the critical Bond number Bo c .…”

Static and dynamic evaluations of the wettability of commercial vinyl polysiloxane impression materials for artificial saliva

“…The DCA and CAH can provide an indication of a material's wettability when the surface is non-horizontal and hydrophobic or hydrophilic groups are exposed. Therefore, the ADA, RDA and CAH were measured using the tilt stand method, and a fixed inclination angle was used for these materials to avoid differences in the conditions in this study 26) .…”