Wetting and spreading: Fundamental theories to cutting-edge applications

Wetting and spreading are familiar phenomena in nature and commonly observed in our daily life, and of great significance for basic scientific researches as well as providing solutions to the cutting-edge technical applications. A timely mini-review is presented by Dr. Z.C. Dong and Prof. L. Jiang to summarize the existing novel researches and provide some idea of the next tide in leading the scientific trend.95