Skip to contentScholarGate
LibraryBookshelfDeskReview StudioAssistant
Sign in
Contact Angle Goniometry/Evidence
Method evidence record

Contact Angle Goniometry

Contact angle goniometry is a technique for measuring the wettability of a solid surface by determining the angle at which a liquid droplet meets the surface. Rooted in Thomas Young's thermodynamic analysis from 1805, the method uses optical measurement of droplet profile to quantify surface energy and hydrophilicity. It is indispensable in biomaterials characterization, helping researchers assess whether a scaffold or implant surface will promote or inhibit cell adhesion, protein adsorption, and biointegration.

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Source record

Citations copied verbatim from the method’s source record. No claim-level verification is inferred from them.

Contact Angle Goniometry Surface Characterization
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / biomaterials
  • Young, T. (1805). An essay on the cohesion of fluids. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 95, 65-87. · URL
  • Owens, D. K., & Wendt, R. C. (1969). Estimation of surface free energy of polymers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 13(8), 1741-1747. · DOI 10.1002/app.1969.070130815
  • Good, R. J. (1979). Surface free energy of solids and liquids: thermodynamics, measurement, and applicability. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 52(2), 308-313. · URL
Open full method

Curated claims

Claims persisted in the evidence ledger, each with its own assessment.

No curated claims yet

This view does not invent a claim assessment when the ledger has none.

Related methods

Generated from the method graph and shown as machine-suggested relations — no evidence claim is inferred.

Same method familyDynamic Mechanical Analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyElectrospinningmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySwelling and Degradationmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

Evidence status

Sources recorded, not reviewed

Bibliographic sources are present. Claim-level evidence review has not been performed.

Sources

3 recorded citations, copied from the method source record.

Actions

Open method page
ScholarGate

A content-first reference library for research methods — what each one is, how it works, and where it comes from.

Open data (CC-BY)

Explore

  • Library
  • Search the library…
  • Browse by field
  • Fields
  • Journey
  • Compare
  • Which method?

Reference

  • Subjects
  • Atlas
  • Glossary
  • Methodology
  • Philosophy

Your tools

  • Bookshelf
  • Desk
  • Chat

Company

  • About
  • Pricing
  • Contact
  • Suggest a method

Entries are compiled from published sources for reference. Verifying the accuracy and suitability of any information for your own use remains your responsibility.

© 2026 ScholarGate · A research-method reference library
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Terms
  • Delete account