Surface Tension

Known as: Surface Tensions, Tension, Surface, Tensions, Surface 
The force acting on the surface of a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Universal solvation model based on solute electron density and on a continuum model of the solvent defined by the bulk dielectric constant and atomic surface tensions.
We present a new continuum solvation model based on the quantum mechanical charge density of a solute molecule interacting with a… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Designing superoleophobic surfaces.
Understanding the complementary roles of surface energy and roughness on natural nonwetting surfaces has led to the development… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
STABILITY OF PERIODIC WAVES OF FINITE AMPLITUDE ON THE SURFACE OF A DEEP FLUID
We study the stability of steady nonlinear waves on the surface of an infinitely deep fluid [1, 2]. In section 1, the equations… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A Continuum Method for Modeling Surface Tension *
A new method for modeling surface tension effects on fluid motion has been developed. Interfaces between fluids of different… (More)
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Surface tensions of embryonic tissues predict their mutual envelopment behavior.
During embryonic development, certain tissues stream to their destinations by liquidlike spreading movements. According to the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The Surface Evolver
The Surface Evolver is a computer program that minimizes the energy of a surface subject to constraints. The surface is… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Protein folding and association: insights from the interfacial and thermodynamic properties of hydrocarbons.
We demonstrate in this work that the surface tension, water-organic solvent, transfer-free energies and the thermodynamics of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Additive and Nonadditive Surface Tension Components and the Interpretation of Contact Angles
It is demonstrated that, while the Lifshitz-van der Waals (rLW) and the polar, Lewis acid-base (rAB) surface tension components… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Surface-active agents from two bacillus species.
Two Bacillus species were studied which produced bioemulsifiers; however, they were distinctly different compounds. Bacillus sp… (More)
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Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Surface properties in relation to atelectasis and hyaline membrane disease.
Recent observations suggest that a low surface tension may be an important attribute of the lining of the air passages of the… (More)
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