Short Course on Complex Wetting 2017

The Short Course on Complex Wetting has the aim to present the fundamentals and industrial applications of wetting phenomena to engineers and researchers in chemical, me­chanical, pharmaceutical, environmental and food engineering.

The fundamentals of interfacial physics and wet­ting phenomena are addressed during the first day of the course, together with the methods of theoreti­cal and numerical description of wetting.

The second day is devoted to techniques for the prepa­ration of surfaces and the characterization of inter­faces as well as complex wetting phenomena. Experimental methods determining contact angle, interfacial tension, etc. are presented.

A special focus of the day lies on complex wetting phenomena, involving complex surfaces (soft, textured, porous, coated…), complex liquids (surfac­tant solutions) and on methods of controlling wetting phenom­ena.

The lectures on the third day present typical industrial appli­cations relying on wetting phenomena such as functional printing and coating, prevention of ice accretion, etc.

The program foresees intensive discussions be­tween the participants and the lecturers and also among the participants. The aim is to address on-going development and application problems sug­gested by the participants.