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Contact angle measurements under thermodynamic equilibrium conditions

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The precise control of the ambient humidity during contact angle measurements is needed to obtain stable and valid data. For a such purpose, a simple low-cost device was designed, and several modified surfaces relevant to biosensor design were studied. Static contact angle values for these surfaces are lower than advancing contact angles published for ambient conditions, indicating that thermodynamic equilibrium conditions are needed to avoid drop evaporation during the measurements.

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CSIC (Universidad de la República) and PEDECIBA (PNUD-UN) are thanked for financial support.

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  1. Laboratorio de Biomateriales, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225 casi Mataojo, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Carol Lages & Eduardo Méndez

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Lages, C., Méndez, E. Contact angle measurements under thermodynamic equilibrium conditions. Anal Bioanal Chem 388, 1689–1692 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-007-1373-1

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