Experimental investigation on surface tension of metal oxide-water nanofluids by Bhuiyan, M.H.U., Saidur, R., Mostafizur, R.M., Mahbubul, I.M., Amalina, M.A.

“…Besides all other's thermo-physical properties, surface tension governs the transport of the liquid and plays a crucial role in the heat transfer. …”
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Dripping dynamics of Newtonian liquids from a tilted nozzle by Taur, A., Doshi, P., Yeoh, Hak Koon

“…A phase diagram showing the transition between the dripping modes for different theta is constructed in the (We, Ka) space, where We (Weber number) measures the relative importance of inertia to surface tension force and Ka (Kapitza number) measures the relative importance of viscous to surface tension forces. …”
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A pair of bubbles' rising dynamics in a xanthan gum solution: a CFD study by Islam, M.T., Ganesan, P., Cheng, J.

“…The motion and interaction of a bubble pair in a non-Newtonian fluid (xanthan gum solution) were numerically simulated using a volume of fluid (VOF) method, in which the continuous surface tension model and the power-law model were adopted to represent the surface tension and rheological properties of non-Newtonian fluids, respectively. …”
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Study of interaction between cationic surfactant (CTAB) and paracetamol by electrical conductivity, tensiometric and spectroscopic methods by Nabi, Arshid, Tasneem, Shadma, Jesudason, Christopher Gunaseelan, Lee, Vannajan Sanghiran, Zain, Sharifuddin Md

“…The experimental data of conductance and surface tension have been correlated against temperature and concentration using standard relations. …”

Wettability of low silver content lead-free solder alloy by Dharma, I., Budi, Gusti Bagus, Abd Shukor, Mohd Hamdi, Ariga, Tadashi

“…Solder alloy with no Ag content and 0.5 mass Ag content displayed similar contact angle and qualitatively similar surface tension; however, the maximum wetting force is significantly difference, which indicates difference in the density of solder alloy. …”

Biosurfactant production by bacillus salmalaya for lubricating oil solubilization and biodegradation by Dadrasnia, A., Ismail, S.

“…Strain 139SI can significantly reduce the surface tension (ST) from 70.5 to 27 mN/m, with a critical micelle concentration of 0.4%. …”

Properties of sodium methyl ester alpha-aulfo alkylate/trimethylammonium bromide mixtures by Chuah, C.H., Wong, S.P., Lim, W.H., Cheng, S.F.

“…The critical micelle concentration (CMC) that was obtained from the plots of surface tension (y) versus concentration showed that mixed surfactants have CMC values that were about 10 times lower than their single components.The large negative values for both interaction parameters suggest the existence of strong synergism between the oppositely charged surfactant molecules. …”
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Polysaccharide-anchored fatty acid liposome by Tan, H.W., Misran, M.

“…The "peeling off" effect on the surface of the ChP-anchored OA (OAChP) liposomes was observed on the atomic force microscope micrographs and confirmed the presence of the ChPs layer on the liposome surface. The surface tension of the OAChPs liposome solution was found to be higher than that of the OA liposome solution. …”

Evaluation of pressure changes for capillary and fishbone valves in Lab-on-CD systems by Peyman, J., Akbar Nozari, A., Soin, N., Ibrahim, F.

“…While an increase in Surface tension raises up the required pressure gradient for both valves. …”
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Monoethanolamine-based deep eutectic solvents, their synthesis and characterization by Mjalli, F.S., Murshid, G., Al-Zakwani, S., Hayyan, Adeeb

“…The resulting DESs were characterized by measuring their main physical properties including melting point, density, viscosity, surface tension, and refractive index within the temperature range of 298.15–358.15 K. …”

Interaction of Cetrimide with Nonionic Surfactants—Triton X-100 and Brij-35: A Conductometric and Tensiometric Study by Ali, A., Malik, N.A., Farooq, U., Tasneem, S., Nabi, F.

“…Conductometric and surface tension techniques were employed to study the different mole fractions of nonionic surfactants (TX-100 and Brij-35) with cetrimide. …”

Prediction of bubble size in bubble columns using artificial neural network by Ibrehem, A.S., Hussain, Mohd Azlan

“…The bubble diameter was found to be a function of six parameters: gas velocity, column diameter, diameter of orifice, liquid density, liquid viscosity and liquid surface tension. Statistical analysis showed that the proposed correlation has an Average Absolute Relative Error (AARE) of 7.3 and correlation coefficient of 92.2. …”

Glycerol-based deep eutectic solvents: Physical properties by AlOmar, M.K., Hayyan, M., AlSaadi, M.A., Akib, S., Hayyan, A., Hashim, M.A.

“…The physical properties of these DESs, including density, viscosity, conductivity, and surface tension, were investigated as functions of temperature. …”

Physical properties of ethylene glycol-based deep eutectic solvents by Ibrahim, Rusul Khaleel, Hayyan, Maan, AlSaadi, Mohammed Abdulhakim, Ibrahim, Shaliza, Hayyan, Adeeb, Hashim, Mohd Ali

“…Moreover, the viscosity, density, electrical conductivity and surface tension were measured at a temperature range of 293.15–353.15 K and they were highly affected by the variation of the temperature. …”

Catalytic conversion of microcrystalline cellulose to nanocellulose using iron oxide catalysts by Suppiah, Durga Devi, Johan, Mohd Rafie

“…Nanocellulose suspension obtained using maghemite exhibited the highest colloidal stability and surface tension making it more suitable for application.…”
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The thermophysical properties and the stability of nanofluids containing carboxyl-functionalized graphene nano-platelets and multi-walled carbon nanotubes by Karami, Hadi, Papari-Zare, Solmaz, Shanbedi, Mehdi, Eshghi, Hossein, Dashtbozorg, Amirhosein, Akbari, Amir, Mohammadian, Erfan, Heidari, Milad, Sahin, Ahmet Z., Chew, Bee Teng

“…Thermophysical properties including shear stress, viscosity, surface tension, density and stability were also measured and reported. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd…”

A numerical study of single air bubble formation comparison between in viscous liquid and in water by Islam, Md Tariqul, Ganesan, Poo Balan, Billah, Md Masum, Uddin, Md Nasir

“…Detailed characteristics of BF such as the instantaneous contact angle, bubble departure volume, bond number due to orifice size and surface tension, and capillary number are examined for different orifice sizes at constant air flow rate boundary condition. …”

Ionic Liquid Application in Surfactant Foam Stabilization for Gas Mobility Control by Hanamertani, Alvinda Sri, Pilus, Rashidah Mohd, Manan, Ninie Suhana Abdul, Ahmed, Shehzad, Awang, Maryamni

“…The ability of selected IL to lower the surface tension of surfactant solution was found to be in good accordance with its improvement on foam stability. …”

A review on the performance of nanoparticles suspended with refrigerants and lubricating oils in refrigeration systems by Saidur, Rahman, Kazi, S.N., Hossain, M.S., Rahman, M.M., Mohammed, H.A.

“…It was identified that fundamental properties (i.e. density, specific heat capacity, and surface tension) of nanorefrigerants were not experimentally determined yet. …”

Effect of unsaturation on the stability of C-18 polyunsaturated fatty acids vesicles suspension in aqueous solution by Teo, Yin Yin, Misran, Misni, Low, Kah Hin, Zain, Sharifuddin Md

“…Critical vesicular concentrations (CVC) of the vesicle suspension are determined by turbidity and surface tension methods. The CVC of fatty acids increases when the amount of unsaturation in the alkyl chain increases. …”
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