Modern Approaches to Wettability
Subtitle: Theory and Applications
By: edited by Malcolm E. Schrader, George I. Loeb
Contributors: Loeb, George I., editor; SpringerLink (Online service)
Published: 1992
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9781489911766
Subjects: Physical organic chemistry; Chemistry; Physical and theoretical Chemistry
Description: Striking a balance between applied and theoretical research, this work details many of the uses of wettability and interprets experimental data from a variety of viewpoints, including the 'separation of forces' and the 'equation of state approaches.'
Table of contents: title: 1 The Modern Theory of Contact Angles and the Hydrogen Bond Components of Surface Energies; title: 2 The Long-Range Attraction between Macroscopic Hydrophobic Surfaces; title: 3 High- and Medium-Energy Surfaces: Ultrahigh Vacuum Approach; title: 4 Determination of the Surface Energy of Solids by the Two-Liquid-Phase Method; title: 5 The Equation of State Approach to Interfacial Tensions; title: 6 Thermal Reconstruction of the Functionalized Interface of Polyethelene Carboxylic Acid and Its Derivatives; title: 7 Block Copolymers and Hydrophilicity; title: 8 Wettability and Bioadhesion in Ophthalmology; title: 9 Wettability of Surfaces in the Oral Cavity; title: 10 Wettability as a Surface Signal for Sessile Aquatic Organisms; title: 11 Wettability of Clay Minerals; title: 12 Penetration and Displacement in Capillary Systems; title: 13 The Wetting Behavior of Fibers; title: 14 Wettability Phenomena and Coatings; title: 15 Spreading on Liquids: Effect of Surface Tension Sinks on the Behavior of Stagnant Liquid Layers; title: 16 Nucleation on Smooth Surfaces.