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Controlling Wetting Properties of Polymers

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Dynamics and stability of thin films; Intermolecular forces

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Wetting properties of a liquid comprise static and dynamic aspects. In the static case, the contact angle, spreading coefficient, and effective interface potentials are relevant. For dynamics, properties like the wetting or dewetting velocity, influenced by viscosity and viscoelasticity as well as by the hydrodynamic boundary conditions between the liquid and its confining media, are important.

Introduction

Equilibrium and dynamical wetting properties of liquid systems with nanoscopic dimensions on solid substrates are largely determined by the intermolecular interactions [1, 2] between all of a system’s constituent parts. Thus, the control of wetting properties relies on a thorough understanding of the microscopic mechanisms at the root. These interactions can be grouped as short-ranged and long-ranged. Observed macroscopic or collectivephenomena result from a balance between these interactions at...

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  1. Department of Experimental Physics, Saarland University, Campus E2 9, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Joshua D. McGraw & Karin Jacobs

  2. Département de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005, Paris, France

    Joshua D. McGraw

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  1. Kyoto Institute of Technology R & D Center for Bio-Based Materials, Kyoto, Japan

    Shiro Kobayashi

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany

    Klaus Müllen

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McGraw, J.D., Jacobs, K. (2017). Controlling Wetting Properties of Polymers. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36199-9_369-3

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    Controlling Wetting Properties of Polymers
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36199-9_369-3

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36199-9_369-2

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