Static contact angle of sessile air bubbles on polymer gel surfaces in water

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 38, Issue 5 A, 1999, Pages 2910-2916

  Suzuki, Atsushi ^a   Kobiki, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characteristic length; Hydrophobicity; Network inhomogeneity; Polymer gel; Static contact angle; Surface roughness; Surface structure; Volume phase transition

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; OPACITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYAMIDES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSPARENCY; WATER;

POLYISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER GELS;

GELS;

EID: 0032656837     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.38.2910     Document Type: Article

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