FINAL PROGRAM SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CONTACT ANGLE WETTABILITY

							                                           FINAL PROGRAM
                      SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
           CONTACT ANGLE, WETTABILITY AND ADHESION

 In his opening remarks at the first symposium in this         aspects of contact angle measurements. Issues such as
 series Professor Robert Good pointed out that Galileo in      the applicability and validity of various measurement
 the 17th century was quite likely the first investigator to   techniques and the proper theoretical framework for the
 observe contact angle behavior with his experiment of         analysis of contact angle data will be of prime concern.
 floating a thin gold leaf on top of a water surface. Since    In addition, a host of applications of the contact angle
 that time contact angle measurements have found wide          technique will be explored including but not limited to:
 application as a method for determining the energetics        wettability of powders, fibers, wood products, papers,
 of surfaces. This, in turn, has a profound effect on the      polymers and monolayers. Further focus will be on the
 wettability and adhesion of liquids and coatings to           use of contact angle data in evaluating surface
 surfaces.                                                     modification procedures, determining relevance of
                                                               wettability to adhesion, the role of wettability in
 We are indeed happy to announce that this the 6th             bioadhesion, ophthalmology, prosthesis and in the
 symposium in the series is organized in collaboration         control of dust in mining and milling applications. The
 with Prof. Douglas Gardner in the Advanced Engineered         primary focus of this symposium will be to provide a
 Wood Composites Center at the University of Maine,            forum for the discussion of cutting edge advancements
 Orono, Maine. Prof. Gardner is well acquainted with           in the field and to review and consolidate the
 problems of wettability and adhesion having published         accomplishments which have been achieved thus far. A
 on the Dynamic Wettability of Wood and also serving on        proceedings volume is planned to document this
 the editorial board of the Journal of Adhesion Science        symposium further details of which will be announced.
 and Technology (JAST) which is edited by the                  Please note that the address given in the program
 Conference Director Dr. Mittal.                               strictly applies to the presenting author only and may
                                                               not be valid for all co-authors.
 The CONTACT ANGLE symposium will be concerned with
 both the fundamental and applied

SESSION I: MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008                               10:00-10:25: Mark Robbins, Shengfeng Cheng and
MOLECULAR FUNDAMENTALS OF WETTABILITY                          Collin Denniston; Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Johns
AND ADHESION                                                   Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218; Moving
                                                               Contact Lines: Can the Interfacial Width Remove
8:00-8:05: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND                            the Stress Singularity? (p. 5)
WELCOME BY PROF. DOUGLAS GARDNER OF THE
AEWC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE                                10:25-10:40: COFFEE BREAK

8:05-8:45: Carel Jan van Oss; Department of                    10:40-11:05: M .E. R. Shanahan and K. Sefiane;
Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY at Buffalo, School of        Université Bordeaux 1, Laboratoire de Mécanique
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, South Campus,                Physique, CNRS UMR 5469, 351 Cours de la Libération,
Buffalo, NY 14214-3000; Energetics and Kinetics of             33405 Talence Cedex, FRANCE; Kinetics of Triple Line
Specific Ligand-Receptor (Including Antigen-                   Motion during Evaporation (p. 6).
Antibody) Interactions (p. 1)
                                                               11:05-11:30: Miguel A. Rodríguez-Valverde, Pedro M.
8:45-9:10: Kash Mittal and Frank M. Etzler;                    Gea-Jódar, Helmut Kamusewitz, Francisco J. Montes
Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, 900 Ridgebury            Ruiz-Cabello and Miguel A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez;
Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; Is the World Basic?                Departament of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences,
Lessons from Surface Science (p. 2)                            University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, SPAIN; Model
                                                               For Estimation of The Young Contact Angle From
9:10-9:35: David W. Dwight, Gordon K.-S. Tseng and             Contact Angle Hysteresis Measurements (p. 7).
David L. Allara; Departments of Chemistry and
Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State            11:30-11:55: T. S. Horozov; Surfactant & Colloid
University, University Park, PA 16802; The Reciprocal          Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull
Relationship Between Donor-Acceptor and                        HU6 7RX, UNITED KINGDOM; Contact Angles of
Dispersion Forces (p. 3)                                       Colloidal Particles Measured by a Novel “Film
                                                               Caliper" Method (p. 8).
9:35-10:00: Mathilde Reyssat, Howard A. Stone and
David Quéré ; School of Engineering, and Applied               11:55-12:20: Takashi Sekine and Dehua Yang;
Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138;             Kyowa Interface Science Co., Ltd., Niiza-City, Saitama
Imbibition into Microtextured Surfaces and                     352-0011, JAPAN; Contact Angle Measurement in
Diverging Channels (p. 4)                                      Reduced Spatial and Time Domains (p. 9).




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12:20-12-45: F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, Halim                     5:05-5:30: Dayanand Saini, Yu Zheng, Leela M.
Kusumaatmaja, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde, J.M.                      Gullapalli and Dandina N. Rao; Craft & Hawkins
Yeomans and M. Cabrerizo-Vilchez; Biocolloid and Fluid           Department of Petroleum Engineering, 3516, Patrick F.
Physics Group, Department of Applied Physics, University         Taylor Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
of Granada, Campus de Fuentenueva; E-18071 Granada,              70803; Effect of Line Tension on the Work of
SPAIN; Study of Contact Angle Multiplicity of                    Adhesion for Rock-Oil-Brine Systems (p. 19).
Cylindrical Drops Using Lattice-Boltzmann Model
(p. 10).                                                         5:30-5:55: K. Terpilowski, L. Holysz and E. Chibowski;
                                                                 Department of Physical Chemistry-Interfacial
12:45-1:45: LUNCH                                                Phenomena, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-
                                                                 Sklodowska University, Lublin, POLAND; Comparison of
SESSION II: MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008                                Apparent Surface Free Energy of Some Solids
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS                                             Determined by Different Approaches (p. 20).

1:45-2:10: Edward Bormashenko; The Ariel                         5:55-6:20: Dan Lewis; Rensselear Polytechnic
University Center of Samaria, 40700 Ariel, ISRAEL;               Institute, Materials Research Center, Room 110, 110 8th
Study of the Cassie-Wenzel Wetting Transition                    Street, Troy, NY 12180; Computational Method for
Using Vibrated Drops (p. 11).                                    Understanding Balance of Surface Tension Forces
                                                                 Against External Constraints of Varying Complexity
2:10-2:35: Wonjae Choi, Anish Tuteja, Robert E.                  (p. 21).
Cohen, and Gareth H. McKinley; Mechanical
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,              SESSION III: TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008
Cambridge, MA; Exploring Contact Angle Hysteresis                STRUCTURED SURFACES
and the Validity of the Cassie-Baxter Equation
Using Super-oleophobic Surfaces (p. 12).                         8:00-8:25: C. W. Extrand, Sung In Moon, P. Hall and
                                                                 D. Schmidt; Entegris Inc., 3500 Lyman Boulevard,
2:35-2:55: Edward Bormashenko; The Ariel                         Chaska, MN 55318; Super Wetting of Structured
University Center of Samaria, 40700, Ariel, ISRAEL;              Surfaces (p. 22).
Contact Angle Hysteresis on the Polymer
Substrates: Experimental Techniques and                          8:25-8:50: Akira Nakajima and Akira Fujishima;
Calculation of CAH Energy (p. 13).                               Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, KSP
                                                                 Bldg. West614, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki,
2:55-3:15: W. Ming, B. Leng, and G. de With;                     Kanagawa 213-0012. JAPAN; TiO2 Photocatalysis and
Nanostructured Polymers Research Center, Materials               Photo-induced Superhydrophilicity -Fundamentals
Science Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham,            and Applications (p. 23).
NH 03824; Superoleophobic Surfaces (p. 14).
                                                                 8:50-9:15:Alexander Y. Fadeev; Department of
3:15-3:40: Patricia McGuiggan; Johns Hopkins                     Chemistry and Biochemistry, Seton Hall University, South
University, Department of Materials Science and                  Orange, NJ 07079; Wetting of Hydrophobic Surfaces:
Engineering, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD                Macroscopic and Microscopic Pictures (p. 24).
21218; Wetting of Microspheres and Nanotubes
Using the AFM (p. 15).                                           9:15-9:40: Tokuzo Kawase, Shinsuke Ohshita, Chihiro
                                                                 Yoshimasu and Tatsuo Oida; Department of Chemistry
3:40-3:55: COFFEE BREAK                                          and Materials Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology,
                                                                 Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, JAPAN; A
3:55-4:15: Vladimir V. Dobrokhotov, Mehdi M.                     Novel Design of Water- and Oil-Repellent Surface
Yazdanapanah, Mahdi Hosseini, Santosh Pabba, Scott M.            Modifier Having Double-Fluoroalkyl Groups (p. 25).
Berry, Abdelilah Safir, Robert S. Keynton and Robert W.
Cohn; ElectroOptics Research Institute and                       9:40-10:05: Toshiya Watanabe and Naoya Yoshida;
Nanotechnology Center, University of Louisville,                 The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku,
Louisville, KY 40292; Liquid Property Measurements               Tokyo 153-8505, JAPAN; Surface Wettability Control
Using Constant Diameter Nanoneedle-Tipped AFM                    by Photocatalysis for Self-Cleaning (p. 26).
Probes (p. 16).
                                                                 10:05-10:20: COFFEE BREAK
4:15-4:40: Akira Nakajima , Shunsuke Suzuki,
Munetoshi Sakai, Yoshikazu Kameshima and Kiyoshi                 10:20-10:45: Tessa ten Cate, Daniël Turkenburg,
Okada; Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics                     Timme Lucassen, Susan Reinders, Lawrence Batenburg
Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN; Direct            and Mariëlle Wouters; TNO Science and Industry,
Evaluation of the Sliding Motion of Water Droplets               Innovative Materials, THE NETHERLANDS; Using
on Hydrophobic Silane Coatings (p. 17).                          Monolayer Coatings to Tune Surface Wettability
                                                                 (p. 27).
4:40-5:05: Edmund B. Webb III; Computational
Materials Science & Engineering, Sandia National                 10:45-11:10: Hernando Salapare III; Plasma
Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, MS 141, Albuquerque, NM             Physics Laboratory, National Institute of Physics, College
87185; High Temperature Capillarity in Metal                     of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman,
Systems: Insights from Atomic Modeling (p. 18).                  PHILIPPINES; The Porosity and Wettability
                                                                 Properties of Hydrogen Ion Treated
                                                                 Polytetrafluoroethylene (p. 28).


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11:10-11:35: Marko Petric, Borut Kricej, Andreja            4:15-4:40: Laurence Boulangé-Petermann,
Kutnar, Matjaz Pavlic, Philippe Gerardin, Mathieu           Frédérique Crozet, Florent Charlon and Florestan
Petrissans and Milan Sernek; University of Ljubljana,       Desmaris; BD Medical Pharmaceutical Systems, R&D
Biotechnical Faculty, Dept. of Wood Science &               Advanced Technologies, 38800 Pont De Claix, FRANCE;
Technology, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI 1000 Ljubljana,            Effect of the Surface Solid Heterogeneity on Protein
SLOVENIA; Wettability of Various Wood Based                 Stabilization (p. 38).
Materials and Their Surface Free Energies (p. 29).
                                                            4:40-5:05: Thomas Bahners, Gerald Hoffmann,
11:35-12:00: Chih-Feng Huang and Feng-Chih                  Jürgen Nagel, Eckhard Schollmeyer and Arne Voigt;
Chang; Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao      Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West e. V.,
Tung University, Hsinchu 300, TAIWAN; Fabrication of        Adlerstr. 1, 47798 Krefeld, GERMANY; The Effect of a
Super-Amphiphobic Surfaces and New Type of                  Plasma Pre-treatment on the Quality of Flock
Mold-Release Agent for Nanoimprint via                      Coatings on Polymer Substrates (p. 39).
Polybenzoxazine (p. 30).
                                                            5:05-5:30: Joung-Man Park, Pyung-Gee Kim, Jung-
12:00-12:25: Xian Jia; Department of Science and            Hoon Jang, Zuojia Wang, Woo-Il Lee, Jong-Kyoo Park
Technology, University of Science and Technology            and K. Lawrence DeVries; School of Nano and Advanced
Beijing, Beijing 100083, CHINA; Research Progress of        Materials Engineering, Engineering Research Institute,
Hydrophobic Biomaterial Surfaces and Biomimetic             Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, KOREA;
Hydrophobicity Surfaces (p. 31).                            Interfacial Adhesion Evaluation and Self-Sensing of
                                                            Single Carbon Fiber/Carbon Nanotube-Epoxy
12:25-1:30: LUNCH                                           Composites Using Electro-Micromechanical
                                                            Technique and Dynamic Contact Angle
SESSION IV: TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008                          Measurement (p. 40).
WOOD, FIBER AND ASPERITY WETTING
                                                            5:30-5:55: Mika M. Kohonen; Surfactant & Colloid
1:30-1:55: Avi Marmur; Chemical Engineering                 Group, Department of Physical Sciences, University of
Department, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,      Hull, Kingston upon Hull, HU6 7RX, United Kingdom;
Haifa 32000, ISRAEL; Super- hydrophobicity: Water           Observations on Insect Adhesion and Friction
in Air, and Air in Water (p. 32).                           (p. 41).

1:55-2:20: W. H. Zhong; School of Mechanical and            SESSION V: WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008
Materials Engineering, Washington State University,         SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY I
Pullman, WA 99164; Wettability and Adhesion of
Nano-Epoxies to UHMWPE Fibers (p. 33).                      8:00-8:25: Michele Ferrari, Libero Liggieri and
                                                            Francesca Ravera; CNR-Istituto per l'Energetica e le
2:20-2:45: Seong H. Kim; Department of Chemical             Interfasi, via De Marini 6, 16149 Genova, ITALY;
Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University,             Adsorption of Surfactants at Superhydrophobic
University Park, PA 16802; Effects of Water and             Surfaces in Air/Water and Oil/Water Systems
Alcohol Adsorption on Silicon Oxide Nano-asperity           (p. 42).
Adhesion (p. 34).
                                                            8:25-8:50: Glen McHale, Stephen J. Elliott, Michael I.
2:45-3:10: E. Fadeeva, A.Y. Vorobyev, S. Schlie, J.         Newton and Neil J. Shirtcliffe; School of Science &
Koch, C. Guo, and B. N. Chichkov; Laser Zentrum             Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane,
Hannover e.V., Hollerithallee 8, 30419 Hannover,            Nottingham NG11 8NS, UK; Superhydrophobicity:
GERMANY; Wettability Properties of Femtosecond              Localized Parameters and Gradient Surfaces (p. 43).
Laser-induced Surface Micro- and Nanostructures
and Their Influence on Fibroblast Cell Proliferation        8:50-9:15: A. R. Phani1 , P. De Marco, and S.
(p. 35).                                                    Santucci; NANO-Center for Advanced Technologies
                                                            S.R.L, Department of Physics, University of L’Aquila, via
3:10-3:35: B. Riedl, V. Blanchard, P. Blanchet, R.          Vetoio, 67010 Coppito- L’Aquila, ITALY; Super
Gilbert, A. Jamali and P. Evans;    Département des         Hydrophobic Films Based on Organic-Inorganic
sciences du bois, Université Laval, Québec, CANADA;         Hybrid Coatings - Potential Application in
Plasma Treatment for Enhanced Adhesion of                   Aeronautic, Automotive and Biomedical
Coatings to Wood (p. 36).                                   Applications (p. 44).

3:35-3:50: COFFEE BREAK                                     9:15-9:40: Eiji Hosono, Shinobu Fujihara, Itaru
                                                            Honma, Haoshen Zhou; National Institute of Advanced
3:50-4:15: Gloria S. Oporto and Douglas J. Gardner;         Industrial Science and Technology, Umezono, 1-1-1,
Advanced Engineered Wood Composite (AEWC) Center,           Tsukuba, 305-8568, JAPAN; Wettability Properties
University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469; Adhesion              Controlled by the Nanostructured Surface
Properties of Wood-Plastic Composite (WPC)                  Fabrication (p. 45).
Surfaces Using Atomic Force Microscopy (p. 37).




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9:40-10:05: D. K. Sarkar and M. Farzaneh; Industrial          1:55-2:20: M. Thieme, C. Blank, A. Pereira de Oliveira,
Chair on Atmospheric Icing of Power Network Equipment         H. Worch, R. Frenzel, S. Höhne, F. Simon, H. Pryce Lewis,
(CIGELE) and Canada Research Chair on Atmospheric             and A. J. White; Technische Universität Dresden (TUD),
Icing Engineering of Power Networks (INGIVRE) at              Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaft, Dresden, GERMANY;
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Québec, CANADA;            Superhydrophobic Aluminum Surfaces: Preparation
Superhydrophobic Binary Structures: Preparation,              Routes, Properties and Artificial Weathering Impact
Characterization and Ice Adhesion (p. 46).                    (p. 53).

10:05-10:20: COFFEE BREAK                                     2:20-2:40: Neeharika Anantharaju, Mahesh V.
                                                              Panchagnula, and Srikanth Vedantam; Department of
10:20-10:45: Jairo Garnica, Rossen Sedev, Nikolay             Mechanical Engineering, Tennessee Technological
Dimitrov, and John Ralston; Ian Wark Research                 University, Cookeville, TN 38505; Effect of Length
Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes,       Scale on Wettability of Chemically Heterogeneous
SA 5095, AUSTRALIA; Superhydrophobicity on Metal              Surfaces: Modeling Contact Angle Hysteresis Using
and Alloy Surfaces (p. 47).                                   Phase Field Theory (p. 54).

10:45-11:10: Balamurali Balu, Victor Breedveld, and           2:40-3:05: Hiroshi Yabu, Miki Kojima, Yuji Hirai and
Dennis W. Hess; School of Chemical & Biomolecular             Masatsugu Shimomura; Institure of Multidisciplinary
Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst       Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-
Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332; Superhydrophobic                    1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, JAPAN;
Paper/Cellulose Surfaces Formed by Plasma                     Honeycomb Films: Their Unique Structures and
Processing (p. 48).                                           Surface Properties (p. 55).

11:10-11:35: Minglin Ma and Gregory C. Rutledge;              3:05-3:30: Athanassia Athanassiou; NNL-National
Chemical Engineering, Institute for Soldier                   Nanotechnology Laboratory, INFM-CNR, Via Arnesano,
Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of                  73100 Lecce, ITALY; Reversible Transition from
Technology, Cambridge, MA; Superhydrophobic                   Hydrophobicity to Hydrophilicity of Photon
Electrospun Nonwovens                                         Responsive Surfaces: From Photochromic
(p. 49).                                                      Molecules to Nanocrystals (p. 56).

11:35-12:00: Torsten Textor, Boris Mahltig, Horst             3:30-3:45: Lei Jiang; Center of Molecular Sciences,
Böttcher and Eckhard Schollmeyer; Deutsches                   Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West e. V., Adlerstr. 1,         Beijing 100080, CHINA; Design and Creation of
47798 Krefeld, GERMANY; Durable Nanosol Coatings              Bioinspired Surfaces with Special Wettability(p. 57).
for Textiles Combining Hydrophobicity and
Antistatic Properties (p. 50).
                                                              POSTER SESSION: EVENING OF JULY 15
12:00-12:25: Peilin Chen; Institute of Applied
Science and Engg. Research, Academia Sinica, 128,             Yuji Hirai, Yasutaka Matsuo, Kuniharu Ijiro, Hiroshi
Section 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 115,                Yabu, and Masatsugu Shimomura; Graduate School of
TAIWAN; Novel Applications of Switchable                      Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6 Aoba, Aramaki,
Superhydrophobic Surfaces (p. 51).                            Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, JAPAN; Wettability of
                                                              Various Inorganic Nano-structures Based on
                                                              Honeycomb-patterned Polymer Masks Prepared by
12:25-1:30: LUNCH                                             Self-organization Process

SESSION VI: WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008                          Daisuke Ishii, Hiroshi Yabu, Yuji Hirai, and Masatsugu
SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY II                                        Shimomura; WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University and IMRAM,
                                                              Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai
1:30-1:55: Abdullah A. Kafi, Christopher J. Hurren,           980-8577, JAPAN; Water Droplet Adhesion on
and Bronwyn L. Fox; Centre for Material and Fiber             Superhydrophobic Metal-Polymer Co-existing
Innovation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3217,             Surface
AUSTRALIA; Improvement of Wettability and Fiber-
Matrix Adhesion of Natural Fibre Monitored by
Wettability Time, Coefficient of Friction (COF),
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), ATR-FTIR and XPS
for Biocomposites Applications (p. 52).




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