Unravelling how liquids wet surfaces with new dynamic measurements

这个项目旨在改变我们对液体如何润湿表面的理解，以便在先进的材料设计中提供一个阶段性的变化。这将通过开发表面润湿的统一理论来实现，通过将新的微观尺度动态润湿模型与能够快速生成大型数据集的新的宏观尺度自动测量技术相结合，以精确确定表面化学和表面粗糙度如何影响润湿。预期结果包括跨多个尺度的表面润湿预测模型，以及强大的高通量测量方法，为液体和表面相互作用的所有应用提供下一代材料的优化设计。

This project aims to transform our understanding of how liquids wet surfaces in order to provide a step-change in advanced material design. This will be achieved by developing a unifying theory of surface wetting by integrating new microscale models of dynamic wetting with new macroscale automated measurement techniques capable of rapidly generating large datasets, to determine precisely how surface chemistry and surface roughness influence wetting. Expected outcomes include predictive models of surface wetting across multiple scales, and robust high-throughput measurement methods informing optimal design of next-generation materials for all applications where liquids and surfaces interact.