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Ferrofluid Oscillator : A Novel Characterization Method for Superhydrophobic Surfaces

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dc.date.accessioned 2014-09-09T06:43:13Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:03:37Z
dc.date.available 2014-09-09T06:43:13Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:03:37Z
dc.date.issued 2014-09-09T06:43:13Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/4150 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/4150
dc.title Ferrofluid Oscillator : A Novel Characterization Method for Superhydrophobic Surfaces en
ethesis.discipline Physics en
ethesis.discipline Fysiikka fi
ethesis.discipline Fysik sv
ethesis.discipline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/3434818f-62d6-4ad2-9c9b-7a86be9cf8e6
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/3acb09b1-e6a2-4faa-b677-1a1b03285b66
ethesis.department Institutionen för fysik sv
ethesis.department Department of Physics en
ethesis.department Fysiikan laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Latikka, Mika
dct.issued 2014
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract Extremely water-repellent, i.e. superhydrophobic, surfaces display self-cleaning, anti-icing and anti-fogging characteristics, and can be used to reduce viscous drag in liquid flow. Despite the auspicious prospects of superhydrophobicity, methods for measuring wettability and energy dissipation in droplets moving on these surfaces have been insufficient. In this thesis I present the theoretical basis of non-wetting phenomena and review contemporary wetting characterization methods. I also discuss a measuring technique we developed for superhydrophobic surfaces based on magnetically induced oscillations of water-like ferrofluid droplets, which was recently published in Nature Communications. This method can simultaneously measure forces caused by two independent dissipative processes at a precision of ca. 10 nN. One is related to the contact angle hysteresis at the three-phase contact line and the other to viscous dissipation near the droplet-solid contact area. The ability to provide quantitative information about droplet dynamics, inhomogeneities and defects on extremely non-wetting surfaces can make this a useful research and quality control technique for academic and commercial use. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112252115
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