Dr Rick Fabretto
Contact Details
Tel: +61 8 8302 3675
Fax: +61 8 8302 3683
Email: rick.fabretto@unisa.edu.au
Position
Research Fellow
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) Flinders BEd PhD UniSA
Current Projects
Currently involved in the development of a novel rapid optical switching technique for commercialisation in the automotive industry.
Research Interests
Contact angles and their measurements
Wettability of rough and heterogeneous surfaces
Application of novel optical switching technologies
Publications
Fabretto M, Sedev R and Ralson J Advancing, Receding and Vibrated Contact Angles on Rough Hydrophobic Surfaces Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion (Mittal K L, Ed.), Vol. 3, pp161-173, 2003
Fabretto M, and Ralson J and Sedev R Contact Angle Measurement using the Wilhelmy Balance for Asymmetrically Treated Samples J. Adhesion Sci. Technol. 18, pp29-37, 2004
Sedev R, Fabretto M, and Ralson J. Wettability and Surface Energetics of Rough Fluoropolymer Surfaces J. Adhesion, 80, pp497-520, 2004