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Spreading behaviour of aqueous trisiloxane solutions over hydrophobic polymer substrates

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posted on 2009-06-29, 16:30 authored by Caleb Chong Wei Ping, Natalia A. Ivanova, Victor Starov, Nidal Hilal, Daniel Johnson
The kinetics of spreading of aqueous trisiloxane solutions over different solid hydrophobic substrates has been investigated experimentally. Two pure trisiloxane surfactants with 6 and 8 polyoxyethylene groups at concentrations closed to the critical aggregation concentration (CAC) and the critical wetting concentration (CWC) were used in the spreading experiments. The following three hydrophobic substrates (Teflon AF, Parafilm, and Polystyrene) having different surface properties were used. It was found that the spreading behaviour depends on the hydrophobic/roughness properties of substrates. The rapid spreading and complete wetting were observed for both trisiloxane surfactant solutions at the CWC on a substrate with a moderate hydrophobicity. For both highly hydrophobic Teflon AF and Parafilm substrates only partial wetting was found. The experiments have shown that the spreading behaviour over all substrates proceeds at two stages. At the CAC for both trisiloxanes on all substrates the time lag of the spreading was detected.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

Citation

PING, C.C.W. ... et al, 2009. Spreading behaviour of aqueous trisiloxane solutions over hydrophobic polymer substrates. Colloid Journal, 71 (3) pp. 391–396.

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© Pleiades Publishing (distributed by Springer Science+Business Media LLC.)

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2009

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This is a pre-publication version of the paper accepted for publication in the Colloid Journal [© Pleiades Publishing 2009]. The definitive version is available from: www.maik.ru or http://www.springer.com/chemistry/polymer/journal/10595

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1061-933X;1608-3067

Language

  • en

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