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. 2010 May 4;1(2):1–9. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1015

Table 2. Included in this table are the plasma frequency νp and the damping frequency γ for the Drude model, the measured contact angle θ and the non-retarded Hamaker constant H between liquid II and the following metallic substrates immersed in liquid I: gold, platinum, silver, aluminium.

Material νp (10 15 s −1 ) γ (10 12 s −1 ) θ (°) H (10 −22 J)
Gold 2.183 6.46 62±3 18.2
Platinum 1.244 16.73 76±4 5.97
Silver 2.18 4.353 76±3 18.1
Aluminium 3.57 19.79 NW 30.3

Here NW stands for non-wetting.

θ is the angle between the solid surface and the surface of liquid II.