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Thomas J. McCarthy
Researcher at Max Planck Society
Publications - 217
Citations - 21155
Thomas J. McCarthy is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Contact angle & Surface modification. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 215 publications receiving 19716 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas J. McCarthy include Harvard University & University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Ultrahydrophobic surfaces. Effects of topography length scales on wettability
Didem Öner,Thomas J. McCarthy +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a series of silicon surfaces were prepared by photolithography and hydrophobized using silanization reagents, and water droplets were pinned on surfaces containing square posts with larger dimensions.
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Ultrahydrophobic and Ultralyophobic Surfaces: Some Comments and Examples
Wei Chen,Alexander Y. Fadeev,Meng Che Hsieh,Didem Öner,Jeffrey P. Youngblood,Thomas J. McCarthy +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the preparation of ultrahydrophobic and ultralyophobic surfaces using several techniques is described, and the authors emphasize that contact angle hysteresis is more important in characterizing lyophobicity than is the maximum achievable contact angle.
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Molecular monolayers and films. A panel report for the Materials Sciences Division of the Department of Energy
J. D. Swalen,David L. Allara,David L. Allara,Joseph D. Andrade,Edwin Arthur Chandross,S. Garoff,Jacob N. Israelachvili,Thomas J. McCarthy,R. Murray,R. F. Pease,John F. Rabolt,Kenneth J. Wynne,Hyuk Yu +12 more
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Contact angle hysteresis explained
Lichao Gao,Thomas J. McCarthy +1 more
TL;DR: A view of contact angle hysteresis from the perspectives of the three-phase contact line and of the kinetics of contact line motion is given.
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How Wenzel and Cassie were wrong
Lichao Gao,Thomas J. McCarthy +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued using experimental data that contact lines and not contact areas are important in determining wettability and that Wenzel's and Cassie's equations are valid only to the extent that the structure of the contact area reflects the ground state energies of contact Lines and the transition states between them.