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We present model experiments which point out the importance of the interactions of surface defects in the phenomenon of contact angle hysteresis. In particular, i) the hysteresis does not increase linearly with the density of defects and ii) the Fourier analysis of the force reveals a regime of avalanches.
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J.-M. di Meglio (1992) studied this question.
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