@conference {10.1007/978-90-481-9195-6_4,
	title = {A Phase Field Approach to Wetting and Contact Angle Hysteresis Phenomena},
	booktitle = {IUTAM Symposium on Variational Concepts with Applications to the Mechanics of Materials},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {51{\textendash}63},
	publisher = {Springer Netherlands},
	organization = {Springer Netherlands},
	address = {Dordrecht},
	abstract = {<p>We discuss a phase field model for the numerical simulation of contact angle hysteresis phenomena in wetting. The performance of the model is assessed by comparing its predictions with experimental data on the critical size of drops that can stick on a vertical glass plate.</p>},
	isbn = {978-90-481-9195-6},
	author = {Antonio DeSimone and Livio Fedeli and Turco, Alessandro},
	editor = {Hackl, Klaus}
}
