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Surface Electrostatics

Surface energies strongly affect wetting: a common example

contact angle changed, surface tension of PDMS changed, the colloid particles
concentration per unit surface area changed, the adhesion force changed

We should consider roles of Charge, Polarity, and Polarizability
Forces between surfaces and spherical particles tend to be longer range than molecular forces!