Wettability alteration achieving

Experiments such as these show that it is important to match the surfactant to the specific surface of interest to achieve optimum wettability alteration. 

In a further method the wettability of a surface was determined by changing the composition of the test liquid (thus altering its surface tension), until uniform spreading across the film was achieved. Mixtures based on ASTM16 standard concentrations of formamide and 2-ethoxyethanol were employed. 

The large surface area and high wettability ACP produced by the solution presented here is promising for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications where altering the physicochemical properties of the surfaces of synthetic biomaterials becomes a necessity. Such surface alterations can be readily achieved by static (non-stirred) immersion of synthetic biomateiials (polymeric, metallic or ceramic) into this solution. The superb wettability of the nano-textured ACP... 

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