Pendent_Drop: An ImageJ Plugin to Measure the Surface Tension from an Image of a Pendent Drop

摘要

The pendent drop method for surface tension measurement consists in analysing the shape of an axisymmetric drop hanging from a capillary tube. This software is an add-on for the public domain image processing software ImageJ which matches a theoretical profile to the contour of a pendent drop, either interactively or by automatically minimising the mismatch. It provides an estimate of the surface tension, drop volume and surface area from the best matching parameters. It can be used in a headless setup. It is hosted on href="http://fiji.sc/List_of_update_sites" target="_blank">http://fiji.sc/List_of_update_sites with the source code on href="https://github.com/adaerr/pendent-drop" target="_blank">https://github.com/adaerr/pendent-drop