SESSION I: MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2004

8:00-8:05: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

8:05-8:35: Carel J. van Oss; School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214-3078; Drop Shape, Contact Angle, Solubility and the Determination of Zero Time Dynamic Interfacial Tensions

8:35-9:05: Claudio Della Volpe, Marco Brugnara, David Maniglio, Stefano Siboni and Tenzin Wangdu; Dept. of Engineering Materials and Industrial Technologies, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38050 Trento, ITALY; About the Possibility of Experimentally Measuring an Equilibrium Contact Angle and its Theoretical and Practical Consequences

9:05-9:35: H. Kamusewitz and W. Possart; GKSS Research Centre, Institute of Chemistry, Kantstrasse 55, D-14513 Teltow, GERMANY; The Static Contact Angle Hysteresis, Young`s Angle of Equilibrium and the Calculation of Solid Surface Energies

9:35-10:05: C. W. Extrand; Entegris, 3500 Lyman Blvd., Chaska, MN, 55318; Contact Angles on Rough and Ultralyophobic Surfaces

10:05-10:20: COFFEE BREAK

10:20-10:50: Alex Neimark; Center for Modeling and Characterization of Nanoporous Materials, TRI/Princeton, 601 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542; Wetting of Nanocapillaries

10:50-11-20: David Quéré; Lab. de Physique de la Matiere Condensee, College de France, 11 Place Marcelin-Berthelot, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE; Inertial Motions of Interfaces

11:20-11:50: J.A. Aguilar-Mendoza, R. Tejera-García, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde, M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez and R. Hidalgo-Álvarez; Biocolloid and Fluid Physics Group, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada. E-18071 Granada, SPAIN; Development of a High Performance Goniometer Based on Confocal Microscopy

11:50-12:20: M. Voué, R. Rioboo, M.H. Adão and J. De Coninck; Research Center for Molecular Modelling, Universite de Mons-Hainaut, Parc Initialis Ave Copernic, B-7000 Mons, BELGIUM; Dynamics of Contact Angles on Soft Surfaces

12:20-1:20: LUNCH

SESSION II: MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2004

1:20-1:50: Xavier Noblin , Axel Buguin and Françoise Brochard-Wyart; Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie UMR 168, Institut Curie, Paris, FRANCE; Vibrated Sessile Drops : Contact Line Oscillations and Instabilities

1:50-2:20: Martin Schoen; Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, D-10623 Berlin, GERMANY; Wetting Versus Confinement-induced Fluid Phase Transitions

2:20-250: Lech Muszynski, Diogo Baptista and Douglas J. Gardner; Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469; A Simple Geometrical Model to Predict Evaporative Behavior of Spherical Sessile Droplets on Impermeable Surfaces

2:50-3:20: Ilker Bayer and Constantine M. Megaridis; Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7022; Contact Angle Dynamics of Droplets Impacting on Flat Substrates

3:20-3:35: COFFEE BREAK

3:35-4:05: R. Molina, E. Bertran, MĒ.R. Julià and P. Erra; Institute of Chemical and Environmental Research (IIQAB-CSIC), 08034 Barcelona, SPAIN; Contact Angle on Modified Keratin Fibers

4:05-4:20: G. Callegari, A. Calvo and J. P. Hulin; Grupo de Medios Porosos, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA; Motion of the Triple Contact Line: A Hydrodynamical or a Molecular Issue?

4:20-4:35: J. Z. Chen , S. M. Troian, A. A. Darhuber, and S. Wagner; Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Thermocapillary Droplet Propulsion on Chemically Uniform and Chemically Striated Surfaces

4:35-4:50: J. Leopoldes and D.G. Bucknall; Department of Materials, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PH, U.K.; Wetting on Heterogeneous Surfaces

4:50-5:05: C. W. Extrand; Entegris, 3500 Lyman Blvd., Chaska, MN, 55318; Contact Angles and Hysteresis on Surfaces with a Single Heterogeneous Island

5:05-5:20: Haihui Ye, Nevin Naguib, Yury Gogotsi, Almila G. Yazicioglu and Constantine M. Megaridis; Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607; Wetting Behavior of Aqueous Fluids Contained in Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

5:20-5:35: Lech Muszynski, Diogo Baptista and Douglas J. Gardner; Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469; Effect of Sessile Droplet Geometry on the Intensity of Evaporation in Non-saturated Environments

5:35-5:50: Kairi Otto, Jyri-Aleksander Starkopf and Tiit Kaps; Department of Polymer Materials, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn 19086, ESTONIA; Determination of Surface Energy and Contact Angle Between Wood and Model Solutions by Meniscus Shape Analysis

5:50-6:05: Marco Brugnara, Claudio Della Volpe, Devid Maniglio and Stefano Siboni; Dept. of Engineering Materials and Industrial Technologies, University of Trento, Via Mesiano 77, 38050 Trento, ITALY; Martino Negri and Nadia Gaeti; CNR IVALSA, S. Michele all'Adige (Trento), ITALY; The Application of Wilhelmy Experiment to Porous Materials: The Case of Stone and Wood

6:05-6:20: R. Mohammadi and A. Amirfazli; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 4-9 Mechanical Engineering Building, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G8, CANADA; Contact Angle Measurement for Dispersed Microspheres Using Scanning Confocal Microscopy

SESSION III: TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2004

8:00-8:30: Z.-G. Cui, B. P. Binks and J. H. Clint; Department of Chemistry, The University of Hull, HULL, HU6 7RX, UK; Determination of Contact Angles on Microporous Particles Using the Thin-layer Wicking Technique

8:30-9:00: Dandina N. Rao and Subhash C. Ayirala; Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, 3516 - CEBA Bldg., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6417; The Multiple Roles of Interfacial Tension in Fluid Phase Equilibria and Fluid-Solid Interactions

9:00-9:30: Hans Riegler, Paul Lazar, Ralf Koehler, and Hauke Schollmeyer; Max-Planck-Institut for Colloid- und Interface Science, D-14476 Potsdam/Golm, GERMANY; Wetting Properties, Interfacial Mobility and Aggregation Behaviour of Long Chain Alkanes at Solid/Vapor Interfaces

9:30-9:45: C. Roero; High Voltage Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH, ETL H 31.1 Physikstrasse 3, CH-8092 Zurich, SWITZERLAND; Contact Angle Measurements of Sessile Drops Deformed by a DC Electric Field

9:45-10:00: M. Pía Rossi and Yury Gogotsi; Department of Materials Science and Engineering and A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104; In Situ Study of Liquid Transport in and Rupture of Carbon Nanotubes

10:00-10:15: COFFEE BREAK

10:15-10:45: Martin E.R.Shanahan, Fréderic Kanoufi and Catherine

Combellas; Ecole des Mines d'Alès,6 avenue de Clavières, 30319 ALES CEDEX, FRANCE; The Detailed Structure of a Perturbed Wetting Triple Line

10:45-11:00: Jerry Y. Y. Heng, Alexander Bismarck and Daryl R. Williams; Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Anisotropic Wettability of Macroscopic Form I Paracetamol Crystals

11:00-11:15: Gerardo Callegari, Konstantin G. Kornev, and Alexander V. Neimark; Center for Modeling and Characterization of Nanoporous Materials, TRI/Princeton, P.O. Box 625, Princeton, NJ 08542; Spontaneous Absorption of Polymer and Biopolymer Solutions by Capillaries: Meniscus Behavior

11:15-11:30: John Tsibouklis; School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, U K; Preventing the Bacterial Colonisation of Surfaces: The "Ultra-low Surface Energy" Approach

11:30-11:45: Miguel Cabrerizo-Vilchez; University of Applied Physics, Campus of Fuentenueva s/n, Granada 18071, SPAIN; How Laplacian Are the Interfaces with Nanofluids?

11:45-12:00: P. Gea-Jódar, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde, and Cabrerizo-Vílchez; Biocolloid and Fluid Physics Group, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada. E-18071 Granada, SPAIN; Effect of the Heterogeneity Pattern on the Shape of Sessile Drops

12:00-12:15: A. Khaldoun, E. Eiser, G. H.Wegdam, J. D. Garcia López-Duran, F. González-Caballero, and M. L. Kerkeb; Van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Influence of Heavy Metals Adsorption on The Surface Energetic Properties of Fluorinated Montmorillonite Clays "Rassoul"

12:15-1:15: LUNCH

SESSION IV: TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2004

1:15-1:45: Anke Klingner; Juergen Buehrle, Dagmar Steinhauser, Jean-Christophe Baret, and Frieder Mugele; University Ulm, Dept. Applied Physics (N25), Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, GERMANY; Electrowetting: A Versatile Tool for Microfluidics

1:45-2:15: Rossen Sedev, Anthony Quinn and John Ralston; Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, AUSTRALIA; An Investigation into the Deviations from Ideal Behaviour During Electrowetting

2:15-2:45: Daiki Kamiya and Mikio Horie; Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuda-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 226-8503, JAPAN; Experimental Observation of the Electrical Properties of Electrowetting on Silicon Single-Crystal Substrates

2:45-3:15: Avi Marmur; Chemical Engineering Department, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, ISRAEL; Strategies for Superhydrophobic Surface Design

3:15-3:30: C. W. Extrand; Entegris, 3500 Lyman Blvd., Chaska, MN, 55318; A Criterion for Ultralyophobic Surfaces

3:30-3:45: COFFEE BREAK

3:45-4:15: Frank M. Etzler, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; Surface Free Energy of Solids: A Comparison of Models

4:15-4:45: Giovanni Marletta and Cristina Satriano; Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche - Università di Catania, Viale A.Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, ITALY; Surface Free Energy and Adhesion of Proteins, Cells and Bacteria onto Irradiated Polymer Surfaces

4:45-5:15: Jean Marc Douillard; LAMMI-CC015 , Université Montpellier 2, Pl. E. Bataillon, Montpellier cedex 05, FRANCE; Solid Surface Tension: Contradiction Between Theoretical, Calorimetric and Contact Angle Data

5:15-5:30: M. Bortolotti, M. Brugnara, C. Della Volpe, D. Maniglio and S. Siboni; Dept. Materials Engineering and Production Technologies, University of Trento, Trento, ITALY; Molecular Connectivity Methods for the Characterization of Surface Energetics of Polymers

5:30-5:45: R. Mohammadi, J. Wassink and A. Amirfazli; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA, T6G 2G8; The Role of Surfactants in Hydrophobicity of Super Water-Repellent Surfaces

5:45-6:00: Thomas Bahners, Torsten Textor and Eckhard Schollmeyer; Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West e.V., Adlerstr. 1, D-47798 Krefeld, GERMANY; Highly Hydrophobic Textile Surfaces Following Thin-layer Deposition

SESSION V: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004

8:00-8:30: Jaroslaw Drelich, Garth W. Tormoen and Elvin R. Beach; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931; Determination of Solid Surface Tension at the Nano-scale Using Atomic Force Microscopy: Recent Advances Made at Michigan Tech

8:30-9:00: K. Benzarti, C. Perruchot and M. M. Chehimi; Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC), 58 bld Lefebvre, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, FRANCE; Surface Energies of Hardened Cement Pastes and Their Mineral Hydrate Components

9:00-9:30: Alain Carré and Valérie Lacarrière; Corning, Fontainebleau Research Center, 7bis, Avenue de Valviins, 77210 Avon, FRANCE; Study of Surface Charge Properties of Mineral and Surface Modified Substrates by Wettability Measurements

9:30-10:00: J. Zeng and A. N. Netravali; Fiber Science Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401; Some Studies of Excimer Laser Treatments of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fibers

10:00-10:15: COFFEE BREAK

10:15-10:45: Yash K Kamath and Xuemin Chen; TRI/Princeton, Princeton, NJ 08542; Interaction of Liquid Sprays with Fibrous Substrates

10:45-11:15: Kenth S. Johansson; Institute for Surface Chemistry (YKI), P.O. Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, SWEDEN; Surface properties of PET Fabrics after Ammonia Plasma-Simulating Treatments

11:15-11:45: Laurence Boulangé-Petermann , Bernard Luquet and Maud Valette-Tainturier; Ugine-Alz, Research Center, BP 15, 62330 Isbergues, FRANCE; Favorable Effects of Acid-base Sites on Polymeric Coatings in the Kinetics of Oil Removal

11:45-12:15: Masataka Murahara and Yuji Sato; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Tokai University, 1117 Kitakaname Hiratsuka Kanagawa 259-1292, JAPAN; Laser Induced Photochemical Substitution of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Groups onto PMMA Surface for Fibrin-Free Intraocular Lens

12:15-1:15: LUNCH

SESSION VI: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004

1:15-1:45: Klaus Opwis, Dierk Knittel and Eckhard Schollmeyer; Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum Nord-West e.V., Adlerstr. 1, D-47798 Krefeld, GERMANY; Thin Film Coating of Textile Materials with Special Biopolymers and Enzymes

1:45-2:15: Anandi Krishnan, Christopher A Siedlecki and Erwin A Vogler; The Pennsylvania State University, Depts. of Materials Science and Engineering and Bioengineering, 103 Steidle Bldg., University Park, PA 16802-5005; A Traube Rule for Protein Adsorption to the Liquid-Vapor Interface

2:15-2:45: Tanweer Ahsan; Henkel Technologies, Loctite Electronics, Olean, NY 14760; Influence of the Surface Properties of Metal Leadframes on the Metal-Mold Compound Adhesion in Semiconductor Packaging

2:45-3:00: Frank M Etzler and Xiaohei Mei. Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; Wetting and Adhesion of Gelatin Films in Contact with Media Used to Fill Soft Gelatin Capsules

3:00-3:15: COFFEE BREAK

3:15-3:30: C. Pailler-Mattéi, R. Vargiolu and H. Zahouani; Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes, Bat H-10, 36 Avenue Guy de Collongue, BP 163, 69134 Ecully cedex, FRANCE; Analysis of Adhesive Contact of Human Skin in Vivo

3:30-3:45: S. Ducret, S. Ekambi-pokossi, S. Mezghani, J J. Piezanowski and H. Zahouani; Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, FRANCE; Understanding Paint Flow Behavior for Automotive Applications by Dynamic Contact Angle Measurements

3:45-4:00: J. Z. Chen , A. A. Darhuber, S. M. Troian and S. Wagner; Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Capacitive Sensing of Droplets for Microfluidic Devices Based on Thermocapillary Actuation

4:00-4:15: M. Callewaert, L. Boulangé-Petermann and P. G. Rouxhet; Unité de Chime des Interfaces, Université Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2/18, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, BELGIUM; Smart Surface Conditioning Systems Involving Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers

4:15-4:30: Karam Ali Rezaei Gomari; Department of Petroleum Technology, Stavanger University College, E-329, P O Box 8002 Ullandhaug, 4068 Stavanger, NORWAY; The Effect of Acid Species on Wettability Alteration of Calcite Surfaces as Studied by Contact Angle Measurement

4:30-4:45: M. Lazghab, K. Saleh, P. Guigon, I. Pezron and L. Komunjer; Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UMR 6067-BP 20529-60205, Compiègne cedex, FRANCE; Investigation of Chemical Hydrophobisation Treatment of Surfaces of Solid Particles in a Fluidized Bed

4:45-5:00: A. Khaldoun, M. M. Ramos Tejada, J. D. Garcia López-Duran, Fernando González-Caballero, and M. Larbi Kerkeb; Van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Surface Properties of Floured Montmorillonite Particles. Interactions Through Aqueous Medium

5:00-5:15: E. Pesonen-Leinonen, R. Kuisma, I. Redsven, A.-M. Sjöberg and M. Hautala; Department of Agricultural Engineering and Household Technology, P. O. Box 27, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND; Can Contact Angle Measurements be Used for Predicting Soiling and Cleaning Tendency of Plastic Flooring Materials?

5:15-5:30: A. Elkhyat and Ph Humbert; Laboratory of Engineering and Cutaneous Biology, St Jacques University Hospital, 25030 Besançon, FRANCE; Influence of the Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Characteristics of Sliding and Slider Surfaces on Friction Coefficient : In Vivo Human Skin Friction Comparison

5:30-5:45: H. Faria, N. Cordeiro, J. C. V. P. Moura and M. N. Belgacem; Departamento de Química, Universidade da Madeira, 9000-390 Funchal, PORTUGAL; Surface Modification of Banana-Based Lignocellulose Fibres

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