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Journal article
DIP-COATING: LEVELLING THE CONTACT LINE USING CORNER ROUNDING AND SURFACE ROUGHENING
The ANZIAM journal, Vol.68, pp.12-13
2026
Abstract
If a rectangular object is dipped into a liquid, the contact line normally rises up the surface and dips near the corner, often an undesirable outcome in an industrial dip-coating context. Is it possible to round the corners of the object in such a way that the contact line curve becomes horizontal? We find that just rounding the corner is not sufficient to accomplish this, but by additionally roughening the surface in a prescribed way, one can indeed achieve the desired horizontal contact line.
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- Title
- DIP-COATING: LEVELLING THE CONTACT LINE USING CORNER ROUNDING AND SURFACE ROUGHENING
- Authors/Creators
- CONWAY LI - The University of Western AustraliaNEVILLE DONALD Fowkes - The University of Western AustraliaMICCAL Matthews - The University of Western AustraliaBRENDAN Florio - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- The ANZIAM journal, Vol.68, pp.12-13
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 21
- Grant note
- Bruce and Betty Green Postgraduate Research Top-Up Scholarship Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship; Australian Government; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
- Identifiers
- 991005884853707891
- Copyright
- © The Author(s), 2026.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry and Physics
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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