Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reliable determination of contact angle of sessile drops
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Application No.: US16355299Application Date: 2019-03-15
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Publication No.: US11668635B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Feredoon Behroozi , Peter Behroozi
- Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tucson
- Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- Current Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tucson
- Agency: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP
- Main IPC: G01N13/02
- IPC: G01N13/02 ; G06T7/62

Abstract:
Various examples are provided related to determination of contact angle of sessile drops. In one example, a method includes determining a volume of a sessile drop of fluid disposed on a test surface; determining a height of the sessile drop of fluid; and determining a contact angle of the sessile drop of fluid based upon the volume and the height of the sessile drop. In another example, a system includes a volume sensing, a height sensing, and computing that can determine a volume and height of a sessile drop using volume and height data from the sensing, and determine a contact angle of the sessile drop with the volume and the height. The contact angle and surface tension can be determined with at least three of volume, a height, a footprint radius, a radius of maximum horizontal extent, and/or an apex radius of curvature of the drop.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190285530A1 RELIABLE DETERMINATION OF CONTACT ANGLE OF SESSILE DROPS Public/Granted day:2019-09-19
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