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Hypothetical wetting behavior of the pad fluid (purple) in the contact region between the tenent setal tip (blue) and different sample surfaces (black): (a,c) flat surfaces, (b,d) textured surfaces; (a,b) fluids that readily wet the surfaces, (c,d) and fluids that poorly wet the surfaces.