Contact angle hysteresis

Projects (managed)

• BIO-INSPIRED SURFACES FOR ATMOSPHERIC WATER COLLECTION (ALJIBE)

  MICIU, ref. PID2023-147135OB-I00 • National Programme of Knowledge Generation
  2024 – 2027

• Micro/nano-scale engineered surfaces with tailored wettability and tunable adhesion (ON-DEMAND SURFACE WETTING)

  MICINN, ref. PID2020-116082GB-I00 • National Programme of Knowledge Generation
  2021 – 2024

• FABRICATION OF LONG-LASTING LOW-ADHESION METAL-BASED SURFACES (L3AMetSurf)

  MICINN, ref. MAT2017-82182-R • National programme of Science and Technology of Materials
  2018 – 2021

• Design and preparation of liquid-repellent surfaces operating in extreme conditions (RepelSurf4Xtrm)

  MINECO, ref. MAT2014-60615-R • National programme of Science and Technology of Materials
  2015 – 2018

• Diseño de recubrimientos anti-adherentes mejorados (NONSTICKY+)

  Junta de Andalucia, ref. P12-FQM-1443 • Excellence Research Project
  2014 – 2018

Peer-reviewed international publications

• Dew water harvesting by functionalized aluminum surfaces: The role of surface roughness and wettability properties on the condensation process and water collection ability

  Sergio Parra-Vicente, Miguel Cabreizo-Vílchez, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde, Francisco Javier Montes Ruiz-Cabello • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 721, 140673
  2026 Editorial

• Manufacturing hydrophobic surfaces on aluminium substrates by micro-milling with end-ball nose tools

  Guillermo Guerrero-Vaca, Schon Fusco, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde, Óscar Rodríguez-Alabanda • Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 124, pp. 24-37
  2024 Editorial

• Understanding the petal effect: Wetting properties and surface structure of natural rose petals and rose petal-derived surfaces

  Parra-Vicente, S., Ibáñez-Ibáñez, P.F., Cabrerizo-Vílchez, M., Sánchez-Almazo, I.M., Rodríguez-Valverde, M.Á., Montes Ruiz-Cabello, F.J. • Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Vol. 236
  2024 Editorial

• Water-Repellent Galvanized Steel Surfaces Obtained by Sintering of Zinc Nanopowder

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, S. Fusco, P.F. Ibáñez-Ibáñez, G. Guerrero-Vaca, M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde • Langmuir, Vol. 39, Núm. 15, pp. 5469-5476
  2023 Editorial

• A Holistic Solution to Icing by Acoustic Waves: De-Icing, Active Anti-Icing, Sensing with Piezoelectric Crystals, and Synergy with Thin Film Passive Anti-Icing Solutions

  Jaime del Moral, Laura Montes, Victor Joaquin Rico-Gavira, Carmen López-Santos, Stefan Jacob, Manuel Oliva-Ramirez, Jorge Gil-Rostra, Armaghan Fakhfouri, Shilpi Pandey, Miguel Gonzalez del Val, Julio Mora, Paloma García-Gallego, Pablo Francisco Ibáñez-Ibáñez, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Valverde, Andreas Winkler, Ana Borrás, Agustin Rodriguez González-Elipe • Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 33, Núm. 15
  2023 Editorial

• Advances in lubricated polydimethylsiloxane surfaces for polyurethane foam molding

  Guerrero-Vaca, G., Rodríguez-Alabanda, Ó., Ibáñez-Ibáñez, P.F., Rodríguez-Valverde, M.Á. • Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 139(42), e53040.
  2022 Editorial

• Mechanical Durability of Low Ice Adhesion Polydimethylsiloxane Surfaces

  Ibáñez-Ibáñez, P.F., Montes Ruiz-Cabello, F.J., Cabrerizo-Vílchez, M.A., Rodríguez-Valverde, M.A. • ACS Omega, 7(24), pp. 20741–20749.
  2022 Editorial

• Ice adhesion of PDMS surfaces with balanced elastic and water-repellent properties

  Ibáñez-Ibáñez, P.F., Montes Ruiz-Cabello, F.J., Cabrerizo-Vílchez, M.A., Rodríguez-Valverde, M.A. • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 608, pp. 792–799.
  2022 Editorial

• Contact line relaxation of sessile drops on PDMS surfaces: A methodological perspective

  P.F. Ibáñez-Ibáñez, F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 589, 166-172.
  2021 Editorial

• Freezing delay of sessile drops: Probing the impact of contact angle, surface roughness and thermal conductivity

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, S. Bermúdez-Romero, P.F. Ibáñez-Ibáñez, M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde • Applied Surface Science, 537, 147964.
  2021 Editorial

• Superhydrophobic Cerium-Based Coatings on Al-Mg Alloys and Aluminized Steel

  Guillermo Guerrero-Vaca, Miguel A. Rodríguez-Valverde, Pedro Castilla-Montilla, Francisco Alguacil-Salamanca, Óscar Rodríguez-Alabanda, Pablo E. Romero, Esther Molero-Romero and F. Javier Montes Ruiz-Cabello • Coatings, 9(12), 774.
  2019 Editorial

• Water-Repellent Fluoropolymer-Based Coatings

  Guillermo Paz-Gómez, Juan Carlos del Caño-Ochoa, Oscar Rodríguez-Alabanda, Pablo E. Romero, Miguel Cabrerizo-Vílchez, Guillermo Guerrero-Vaca and Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Valverde • Coatings, 9(5), 293.
  2019 Editorial

• Oscillating Magnetic Drop: How to Grade Water-Repellent Surfaces

  Angelica Goncalves Dos Santos, Francisco Javier Montes-Ruiz Cabello, Fernando Vereda, Miguel A. Cabrerizo-Vilchez and Miguel A. Rodriguez-Valverde • Coatings, 9(4), 270.
  2019 Editorial

• Evaluation of the solid-liquid contact area fraction of drops deposited on rough surfaces beyond the Wenzel regime

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez and M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde • Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 568, 455-460.
  2019 Editorial

• Wetting transitions on rough surfaces revealed with captive bubble experiments. The role of surface energy

  Carmen L. Moraila-Martínez, F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez and M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 539, 448-456.
  2019 Editorial

• Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Metal Surfaces for Anti-Icing Applications

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, Pablo Ibañez-Ibañez, Guillermo Paz-Gomez, Miguel Cabrerizo-Vilchez, Miguel Angel Rodriguez-Valverde • J. Vis. Exp., (138), e57635.
  2018 Editorial

• Non-Stick Coatings in Aluminium Molds for the Production of Polyurethane Foam

  Francisco Sánchez-Urbano, Guillermo Paz-Gómez, Óscar Rodríguez-Alabanda, Pablo E. Romero, Miguel Cabrerizo-Vílchez, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Valverde and Guillermo Guerrero-Vaca • Coatings, 8(9), 301.
  2018 Editorial

• Testing the performance of superhydrophobic aluminum surfaces

  F. Javier Montes Ruiz-Cabello, Pablo F. Ibáñez-Ibáñez, J. Francisco Gómez-Lopera, José Martínez-Aroza, Miguel Cabrerizo-Vílchez, Miguel A. Rodríguez-Valverde • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 508, 129-136.
  2017 Editorial

• Continuous thermal control of hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity changes of hybrid films and of its directionality: kinetics and substrate effects

  Noam Ralbag, Francisco Javier Montes Ruiz-Cabello, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Valverde, Vitaly Gutkin, Ruthy Sfez, David Avnir • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 505:692-702.
  2017 Editorial

• Towards super-nonstick aluminized steel surfaces

  Ruiz-Cabello, F.J.M., Rodríguez-Criado, J.C., Cabrerizo-Vílchez, M., Rodríguez-Valverde, M.A., Guerrero-Vacas, G. • Progress in Organic Coatings, 109, 135–143.
  2017 Editorial

• Fabrication of water-repellent surfaces on galvanized steel

  Montes Ruiz-Cabello, F.J., Amirfazli, A., Cabrerizo-Vílchez, M., Rodríguez-Valverde, M.A. • RSC Adv., 6, 71970-71976.
  2016 Editorial

• Numerical Study of the Most Stable Contact Angle of Drops on Tilted Surfaces

  J. A. White, M. J. Santos, M. A. Rodríguez-Valverde and S. Velasco • Langmuir, 31 (19), pp 5326–5332.
  2015 Editorial

• Entropic image segmentation of sessile drops over patterned acetate

  J.F. Gómez-Lopera, J. Martínez-Aroza, Miguel A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez, Miguel A. Rodríguez-Valverde and F.J. Montes-Ruíz-Cabello • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 118, 239–247.
  2015 Editorial

• Equilibrium contact angle or the most-stable contact angle?

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde and M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 206, 320–327.
  2014 Editorial

• The effect of contact line dynamics and drop formation on measured values of receding contact angle at very low capillary numbers

  Carmen L. Moraila-Martínez, F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez and M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde • Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 404, 63–69.
  2012 Editorial

• A new method for evaluating the most-stable contact angle using tilting plate experiments

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde and M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Soft Matter, 7, 10457-10461.
  2011 Editorial

• Comparison of Sessile Drop and Captive Bubble Methods on Rough Homogeneous Surfaces: A Numerical Study

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde, A. Marmur and M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Langmuir, 27 (15), 9638–9643.
  2011 Editorial

• Comparison of the Relaxation of Sessile Drops Driven by Harmonic and Stochastic Mechanical Excitations

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde and M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Langmuir, 27 (14), 8748–8752.
  2011 Editorial

• Additional Comments on “An Essay on Contact Angle Measurements” by M. Strobel and C. S. Lyons

  Francisco Javier Montes Ruiz-Cabello, Miguel Angel Rodríguez-Valverde and Miguel A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Plasma Processes and Polymers, 8(5), 363–366.
  2011 Editorial

• A new method for evaluating the most-stable contact angle using mechanical vibration

  M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde, F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello and M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Soft Matter, 7, 53-56.
  2011 Editorial

• Contact angle hysteresis on polymer surfaces: an experimental study

  F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde and M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 25(16), 2039-2049.
  2011 Editorial

• A new model to estimate the Young contact angle from contact angle hysteresis measurements

  M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde, F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, P.M. Gea-Jódar, H. Kamusewitz and M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 365(1-3), 21-27.
  2010 Editorial

• Modelling the corrugation of the three-phase contact line perpendicular to a chemically striped substrate

  Francisco J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello, Halim Kusumaatmaja, Miguel A. Rodríguez-Valverde, Julia Yeomans and Miguel A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Langmuir, 25(14), 8357-8361.
  2009 Editorial

• Mechanical derivation of the Wenzel and Cassie equations using a statistical interpretation of drop dispensation

  M.A. Rodriguez-Valverde • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 327(2), 477-479.
  2008 Editorial

• Wetting on axially-patterned heterogeneous surfaces

  M.A. Rodríguez-Valverde, F.J. Montes Ruiz-Cabello and M.A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 138, 84-100.
  2008 Editorial

• Factors affecting the measurement of roughness factor of surfaces and its implications for wetting studies

  P. J. Ramón-Torregrosa, M. A. Rodríguez-Valverde, A. Amirfazli and M. A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez • Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 323, 83-94.
  2008 Editorial

• Contact angle measurements on two (wood and stone) non-ideal surfaces

  M.A. Rodríguez Valverde, M.A. Cabrerizo Vílchez, P. Rosales López, A. Páez Dueñas and R. Hidalgo Álvarez • Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 206, 485-495.
  2002 Editorial

Patents

• Procedimiento y dispositivo para la obtención de datos útiles para determinar cuantitativamente la capacidad antiadherente

  RODRÍGUEZ VALVERDE, M.A., CABRERIZO VÍLCHEZ, M.A. y GUERRERO VACA, G.R. • UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA y UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA
  ES2565566 B1 2017 See document →

Peer-reviewed book chapters/proceedings

• Effect of waviness filtering on surface area ratio measurements in microscopy: a numerical study

  M.A. Rodríguez Valverde, P. J. Ramón Torregrosa and M. A. Cabrerizo Vílchez • Microscopy: Science, Technology, Applications and Education, No. 7, 537-544

  ISBN: 978-84-942134-9-6
  2017

• Entropic segmentation by region growing and merging for drop shape analysis

  J. F. Gómez Lopera, M. A. Rodríguez Valverde, P. J. Ramón Torregrosa and M. A. Cabrerizo Vílchez • Int. Workshop on Local and Non-Local Approximation in Image Processing

  ISBN: 978-1-4244-5167-8
  2009 Editorial

• Wetting on heterogeneous surfaces: Pseudo-spherical approximation of sessile drops

  P. Gea Jódar, M. A. Rodríguez Valverde and M. A. Cabrerizo Vílchez • Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Vol. 4, 183-202. VSP

  ISBN: 90-6764-436-6
  2006 Editorial

Projects (partners) / Contracts with industry

• Second stage of research and Development Project to prevent and/or reduce icing of the installations of Sierra Nevada Ski resort

  Funded by CETURSA, Doppelmayr
  2016 – 2017

• To prevent and/or reduce icing of the installations of Sierra Nevada Ski resort

  Funded by CETURSA, Doppelmayr
  2014 – 2015

• Desarrollo de un nuevo respaldo integral de asiento de automóvil mediante nuevas tecnologías de sobreinyección (DESPEGA)

  Funded by Tecnimacor
  2016 – 2018

• Working Group 3 “Diagnostics”

  MPNS Action MP1106: Smart and green interfaces
  2012 – 2016

• Working Group 1 “Formation, transport and manipulation of a droplet”

  COST Action P21: Physics of droplets
  2006 – 2010