Wettability interactions

In the process of plasma polymerization, a highly crosslinked polymer is deposited on the surface The deposited plasma polymer changes the surface properties of the substrate dramatically. It modifies the surface of powders in terms of surface energy, functional groups, wettability, interaction with polymers, and dispersion... 

The capillary effect is apparent whenever two non-miscible fluids are in contact, and is a result of the interaction of attractive forces between molecules in the two liquids (surface tension effects), and between the fluids and the solid surface (wettability effects). 

Flotation is a physical process involving relative interaction of three phases solid, water, and air. An understanding of the wettability of the solid surface, physical surface, and chemical phenomena by which the flotation reagents act and the mechanical factors that determine particle-bubble attachment and removal of particle-laden bubbles, is helpful in designing and operating flotation systems successfully. 

VV -values for bromoform and pyrrole, acidic liquids, against poly(vinyl chloride), an acidic polymer, and dimethyl sulfoxide, a predominantly basic liquid, against polyfmethyl methacrylate), a basic polymer, but large values for the acidic liquids against PMMA and the basic liquid against PVC. 2-Iodoethanol, a bifunctional liquid, showed appreciable -values with both polymers. Despite these results in line with expectations, other results based on wettability measurements are not so clear-cut. For example, Vrbanac [94] found significant apparent acid-base interactions of various aromatic liquids against poly(ethylene), presumably a neutral substrate. 

The change in surface wettability (measured by the contact angle) with concentration for the three surfactants is plotted in Fig. 2.54 (Zhang and Manglik 2005). The contact angle reaches a lower plateau around the CMC where bilayers start to form on the surface. Wettability of non-ionic surfactants in aqueous solutions shows that the contact angle data attains a constant value much below CMC. Direct interactions of their polar chain are generally weak in non-ionics, and it is possible for them to build and rebuild adsorption layers below CMC. The reduced contact an-... 

Acrylic acid AA Flexibility Elydrophilicity pEI sensitivity —acidic Reactivity—ionically interacts with positively charged tear components Wettability... 

An AOX-free alternative [316] is impregnation with 4 g/1 hydrogen peroxide, 8 g/1 urea and 2 g/1 nonionic wetting agent, then treatment for 60 minutes at 95 °C, pH 8 and 20 1 liquor ratio [316]. This results in a bleached fabric with excellent wettability and without serious fibre degradation. The urea interacts with hydrogen peroxide to form an unstable complex, which then decomposes to form hydroxyl and perhydroxyl radicals, according to Scheme 10.28 [316]. Urea exhibits undesirable environmental characteristics in some respects, however. 

Lee JH, Khang G, Lee JW, Lee HB (1998) Interaction of different types of cells on polymer surfaces with wettability gradient. J Colloid Interface Sci 205 323-330... 

These include electrostatic interaction between the particles and interaction of particles with the fluid governed by their wettability, morphology and density (17-19) the extent of adsorption of the polymer and its influence on the interaction of particles, the orientation or configuration of the adsorbed polymers (and surfactant when it is present) and resultant interaction of adsorbed layers the hydrodynamic state of the system and its influence on the interaction of floes themselves. 

Anderson, W. G., 1986a, Wettability Literature Search — Part 2 Rock/Oil/Brine Interactions, and the Effects of Core Handling on Wettability Journal of Petroleum Technology, October, pp. 1125-1149. 

The evolving structural characteristics of CLs are particularly important for further analysis of transport of protons, electrons, reactant molecules (O2), and water as well as for the distribution of electrocatalytic activity at Pt-water interfaces. In principle, the mesoscale simulations allow relating these properties to the choices of solvent, ionomer, carbon particles (sizes and wettability), catalyst loading, and hydration level. Explicit experimental data with which these results could be compared are still lacking. Versatile experimental techniques have to be employed to study particle-particle interactions, structural characteristics of phases and interfaces, and phase correlations of carbon, ionomer, and water in pores. 

Porous inkjet papers are in general created from colloidal dispersions. The eventual random packing of the colloid particles in the coated and dried film creates an open porous structure. It is this open structure that gives photographic-quality inkjet paper its apparently dr/ quality as it comes off the printer. Both the pore structure and pore wettability control the liquid invasion of the coated layer and therefore the final destination of dyes. Dispersion and stability of the colloidal system may require dispersant chemistries specific to the particle and solution composition. In many colloidal systems particle-particle interactions lead to flocculation which in turn leads to an increase in viscosity of the system. The viscosity directly influences the coating process, through the inverse relation between viscosity and maximum coating speed. 

Keywords aggregation, interfacial interaction, reversible work of adhesion, wettability, matrix-filler interaction, surface treatment, interphase, surfactant, coupling agent, elastomer interlayer... 

Wettability Particle-solvent interaction Surface tension Viscosity... 

Surface modification of the fillers and curing agents in order to increase their wettability and interaction with the polymers... 

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