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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Portsmouth
Dynamics of trisiloxane wetting: effects of diffusion and surface hydrophobicitye
Superspreaders are exceptionally effective yet poorly understood wetting agents. Numerous models failed to explain the underlying mechanism of trisiloxane spreading and overlooked the effect of the substrate hydrophobicity. In this work, a combined experimental and numerical approach has revealed for the first time the unique behaviour of superspreaders. Our model incorporates surface hydrophobicity as a crucial parameter; and it may be calibrated and serves as a powerful tool for the prediction of wetting dynamics of various superspreaders solutions. The work has opened a new direction in the understanding of superspreading phenomenon (Starov et al., 2012; Ivanova et al., 2011).
