Wetting of low free energy surfaces by aqueous surfactant solutions

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-291

  Ivanova, N A ^a   Starov, V M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption desorption of surfactants; Free surface energy; Hydrophobic surfaces; Surfactants; Trisiloxanes; Wetting and spreading dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; ADSORPTION/DESORPTION OF SURFACTANTS; AGRICHEMICALS; ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS; AQUEOUS SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONS; BULK SOLUTIONS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; COMPLEX PROCESSES; FREE ENERGY SURFACE; FREE SURFACE ENERGY; HYDROPHOBIC SUBSTRATE; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES; INTERFACIAL TENSION GRADIENT; LOW ENERGY SURFACES; MARANGONI FLOWS; NONIONIC; ORGANOSILICONES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PURE LIQUIDS; SPREADING DYNAMICS; SURFACE ACTIVITIES; SURFACTANT AGGREGATES; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TEXTILE APPLICATIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT; TRISILOXANES; WATER BASED; WETTING BEHAVIOR;

AGGLOMERATION; FREE ENERGY; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TEXTILE PROCESSING; WETTING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

HYDROCARBON; ORGANOSILICONE SURFACTANT; POLYMER; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DESORPTION; ELECTROWETTING; ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SOLID; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 79960699519     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2011.06.008     Document Type: Review

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