Contact Angle Wettability

Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion , Adv. Chem. Series No. 43, Amer. Chem. Soc. (1964). 

Sharpe, L.H. and Schonhom, H. In Fowkes, F.M. (Ed.), Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Advances in Chemistry, Series 43. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1964, p. 189. 

Surface composition and morphology of copolymeric systems and blends are usually studied by contact angle (wettability) and surface tension measurements and more recently by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS or ESCA). Other techniques that are also used include surface sensitive FT-IR (e.g., Attenuated Total Reflectance, ATR, and Diffuse Reflectance, DR) and EDAX. Due to the nature of each of these techniques, they provide information on varying surface thicknesses, ranging from 5 to 50 A (contact angle and ESCA) to 20,000-30,000 A (ATR-IR and EDAX). Therefore, they can be used together to complement each other in studying the depth profiles of polymer surfaces. 

Huntsberger, J. R. In Contact Angle, Wettability, and Adhesion Fowkes, F. M., Ed. Advances in Chemistry Series No. 43 American Chemical Society Washington,D. C., 1964 Chapter 7. 

Fowkes FM, Zisman WA (1964) Contact angle, wettability and adhesion, Adv Chem, Vol 43. American Chem Soc. Washington, D.C. 

Fig. 3. Schematic diagram of argon glow discharge treatment for the immobilization of surfactants (Reproduced with permission from Sheu et al., Contact angle, wettability and adhesion 531 Copyright (1993) VSP)...

Sheu MS, Hoffman AS, Feijen J (1993) In Mittal KL (ed) Contact angle, wettability and adhesion. VSP Utrecht, pp.531-545... 

Grundke K, Nitschke M, Minko S, Stamm M, Froeck C, Simon F, Uhlmann S, Poschel K, Motomov M (2003) In Mittal KL (ed) Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, vol 3, p 1-25... 

Johnson RE, Dettre RH (1964) In Contact angle, Wettability and Adhesion. Adv Chem Ser 43 112... 

Zisman, W. A., Relation of Equilibrium Contact Angle to Liquid and Solid Constitution, Chapter 1 in Contact Angle, Wettability, and Adhesion, R. F. Gould, ed., American Chemical Society, Washington, 1964. 

Feast WJ, Munro HS and Richards RW (Eds), "Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces II", Wiley, Chichester, 1993. Fowkes FM, In "Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion", Adv Chem Ser 43, Am Chem Soc 1964, p. 108. 

Wettability or contact angle. Wettability is a very general term and can be defined as the ability of a liquid to spread on a solid surface. Consider a liquid drop... 

Contact angle wettability of halo-genated compound layers. 

Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, F.M. Fowkes, Ed. Adv. Chem. Ser. 43 (1963), published by the Am. Soc. (Book, containing the contributions to a Symposium, honouring W.A. Zisman mostly restricted to American contributions historically interesting because it reflects very well the state of the art in the USA at that time.)... 

Table 9.1 Critical surface tension,yc, dispersion component, y%/, and surface tension, ySv, values of polymeric solids. (Values compiled from standard references especially from Kaelble, D.H. (1971) Physical Chemistry of Adhesion. Wi ley-lnterscience, New York, and Zisman, W.A. (1 964) in Contact Angle Wettability and Adhesion, Adv. Chem. Ser. No 43, American Chemical Society, Washington D.C.) ...

Table 9.2 Values of surface tension components of test liquids Yo/ of Fowkes y[v of Owens and Wendt and yfy, Ylv, Ylv of van Oss-Good components. (Values compiled from Fowkes, F.M., McCarthy, D.C. and Mostafa, M.A. (1980) /. Colloid. Interface Sci., 78, 200 Good, R.J. (1993) Contact Angle Wettability and Adhesion, Mittal, K.L. (ed.). VSP, Utrecht)...

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