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Introduction
Wetting refers to how well or poorly a liquid contacts a surface. Usually the term applies to water, where if a surface is hydrophobic it will not wet well while if it is hydrophilic it will wet well. The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a substrate can be determined by measuring the contact angle of water with the surface. A liquid wets a surface better if it has a low contact angle with that surface.
See also:
Wetting from Lectures for AP225.
Cassie and Wenzel States
Keyword in references:
Critical Casimir effect in three-dimensional Ising systems: Measurements on binary wetting films
Dewetting-Induced Membrane Formation by Adhesion of Amphiphile-Laden Interface
Encoding complex wettability patterns in chemically functionalized 3D photonic crystals
