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W. A. Zisman

United States Naval Research Laboratory

162

Works

10,824

Citations

45

h-index

107

i10-index

Research Topics

Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures

Affiliations

United States Naval Research Laboratory1941–1975

Harvard University1932–1933

Carnegie Institution for Science1938–1939

Harvard University Press1932–1933

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility1932–1932

Top Works

Relation of the Equilibrium Contact Angle to Liquid and Solid Constitution

19641,889 citations

nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

Lubricants and Their Additives

The spreading of liquids on low energy surfaces. I. polytetrafluoroethylene

H. W. Fox,W. A. Zisman

1950830 citations

Oleophobic monolayers

W. C. Bigelow,D.L. Pickett,et al.

1946553 citations

INFLUENCE OF CONSTITUTION ON ADHESION

1963498 citations

CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS IN THE WETTING OF LOW ENERGY SURFACES AND THE THEORY OF THE RETRACTION METHOD OF PREPARING MONOLAYERS<sup>1</sup>

Elaine G. Shafrin,W. A. Zisman

1960458 citations

A NEW METHOD OF MEASURING CONTACT POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES IN METALS

1932439 citations

The spreading of liquids on low-energy surfaces. III. Hydrocarbon surfaces

H. W. Fox,W. A. Zisman

1952337 citations

Adhesion: Mechanisms That Assist or Impede It

Robert Baier,Elaine G. Shafrin,et al.

1968337 citations

Properties of Films of Adsorbed Fluorinated Acids

E. F. Hare,Elaine G. Shafrin,et al.

1954335 citations