Improving surface energy and hydrophilization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) by enzymatic treatments

BIODEVICES 2009 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 268-275

  Gouveia, Isabel C ^a   Antunes, Laura C ^a   Queiroz, João A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Contact angle; Enzymatic treatment; Esterases; Hydrophilicity; Lipases; Poly(ethylene terephtalate); Surface energy

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; DEGRADATION OF FIBERS; ENZYMATIC TREATMENT; ENZYMATIC TREATMENTS; ESTERASES; HYDROPHILIZATION; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INCUBATION TIME; NON-ENZYMATIC; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; POLAR COMPONENTS; POLAR GROUPS; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTALATE); POLYMERIC MATERIAL; REACTIVE DYES; SEM; SUPERFICIAL STRUCTURES; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE ENERGY; WICKING;

ADHESION; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHYLENE; FABRICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; OLIGOMERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE CLEANING; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 67650517106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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