Advances in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Volume 4

Kashmiri Lal Mittal was employed by the IBM Corporation from 1972 through 1993. Currently, he is teaching and consulting worldwide in the broad areas of adhesion as well as surface cleaning. He has received numerous awards and honors including the title of doctor honoris causa from Maria Curie-Skodowska University, Lublin, Poland. He is the editor of more than 130 books dealing with adhesion measurement, adhesion of polymeric coatings, polymer surfaces, adhesive joints, adhesion promoters, thin films, polyimides, surface modification surface cleaning, and surfactants. Dr. Mittal is also the Founding Editor of the journal Reviews of Adhesion and Adhesives.

• Preface xiii1 Contact Angle Determination of Talc Powders from Heat of Immersion 1Ismail Yildirim and Roe-Hoan Yoon1.1 Introduction 11.2 Theoretical Background 31.3 Experimental 51.4 Results and Discussion 71.5 Summary 152 Surface Wetting at Macro and Nanoscale 17Meenakshi Annamalai, Saurav Prakash, Siddhartha Ghosh, Abhijeet Patra and T. Venkatesan2.1 Introduction 172.2 Intrinsic Wetting Properties of REOs 202.3 Nanoscale Approach to Measuring Wettability 252.4 On the Nature of Wettability of van der Waals Heterostructures 282.5 Summary 333 Wettability of Wood Surfaces with Waterborne Acrylic Lacquer Stains Modulated by DBD Plasma Treatment in Air at Atmospheric Pressure 41Jure Zigon, Marko Petriè and Sebastian Dahle3.1 Introduction 413.2 Materials and Methods 433.3 Results and Discussion 473.4 Summary and Conclusions 534 Wettability of Ultrafiltration Membranes 57Konrad Terpilowski, Malgorzata Bielska, Krystyna Prochaska and Emil Chibowski4.1 Introduction 574.2 Apparent Surface Free Energy Determination 584.3 Experimental 604.4 Results and Discussion 614.5 Conclusions 705 Determination of the Surface Free Energy of Solid Surfaces: Can the Best Model be Found 73Frank M. Etzler5.1 Introduction 745.2 The Present Study 825.3 Data Analysis 865.4 Summary and Conclusions 956 Surface Free Energy Characterization of Talc Particles 99Ismail Yildirim and Roe-Hoan Yoon6.1 Introduction 996.2 Theoretical Background 1006.3 Experimental 1046.4 Results and Discussion 1066.5 Summary and Conclusions 1127 Determination of the Surface Free Energy of Skin and the Factors Affecting it by the Contact Angle Method 115Davide Rossi and Antonio Bettero7.1 Introduction 1167.2 Experimental 1187.3 Results and Discussion 1257.4 Summary and Conclusions 1398 Determination of Surface Tension Components of Aqueous Solutions Using Fomblin HC/25® Perfluoropolyether Liquid Film as a Solid Substrate 145D. Rossi, S. Rossi and N. Realdon8.1 Introduction 1468.2 Materials Used 1518.3 Fomblin HC-25 Perfluoropolyether Liquid Film Preparation (Solid-Like Methodology) 1538.4 Determination of Surface Free Energy (SFE) 1538.5 Analysis of Correlations 1708.6 Summary and Conclusions 1718.7 Acknowledgements 1749 Enhancing the Wettability of Polybenzimidazole (PBI) to Improve Fuel Cell Performance 179Katerine Vega, Matthew Cocca, Han Le, Marc Toro, Anthony Garcia, Andrew Fleischer, Alla Bailey, Joel Shertok, Michael Mehan, Surendra K. Gupta and Gerald A. Takacs9.1 Introduction 1809.2 Experimental 1819.3 Results and Discussion 1839.4 Discussion 1889.5 Conclusions 18910 Evaluation of Sebum Resistance for Long-Wear Face Make-Up Products Using Contact Angle Measurements 193Hy Si Bui, Mariko Hasebe and Jody Ebanks10.1 Introduction 19310.2 Experiments 19610.3 Results and Discussion 19810.4 Contact Angles of Foundations with Water 20710.5 Contact Angles of Foundations with Sebum 20910.6 Effect of Sebum on Color Transfer and Film Integrity 21410.7 Summary and Prospects 21511 Contact Angle Hysteresis of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives due to Adhesion Tension Relaxation 223Naoto Shiomura, Takashi Sekine and Dehua Yang11.1 Introduction 22311.2 Theoretical Background 22411.3 Experimental 22811.4 Results and Discussion 23011.5 Conclusion 23612 The Potential of Surface Nano-Engineering and Superhydrophobic Surfaces in Drag Reduction 239Ali Shahsavari, Amir Nejat and Seyed Farshid Chini12.1 Introduction 24112.2 Parameters Affecting the Slip Length 24612.3 Slip Length Measurement on Superhydrophobic Surfaces 24912.4 Drag Reduction of Superhydrophobic Surfaces 25012.5 Effect of Superhydrophobicity on External Flow 25212.6 Conclusion 25813 Laser Surface Engineering of Polymeric Materials for Enhanced Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion and Growth 267D.G. Waugh, D. Cosgrove, I. Hussain and J. Lawrence13.1 Introduction 26813.2 Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) 26913.3 Poly(ether ether ketone) 27313.4 Laser Surface Engineering 27413.5 CO2 Laser Surface Engineering of Poly(ether ether ketone) 27713.6 Effects of CO2 Laser Surface Engineering on Surface Parameters of Poly(ether ether ketone) 28313.7 Effects of CO2 Laser Surface Engineering on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Response to Poly(ether ether ketone) 28513.8 Poly(ether ether ketone) and other Polymers as Bio-Composite Materials 28613.9 Summary 29014 Sisal-Green Resin Interfaces in Green Composites 299A. N. Netravali14.1 Introduction 29914.2 Sustainable 'Green' Composites 30114.3 Sisal Fiber Composites 30214.4 Fiber/Resin Interface 3014.4.1 Sisal/Green Resin Interface Strength 30514.5 Modification of Cellulosic Fibers for Enhancing Fiber/Resin Interfacial Bonding 30714.6 Summary 311Index 319