The anisotropic characteristics of natural fibrous sepiolite as revealed by contact angle, surface free energy, AFM and molecular dynamics simulation

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 408, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-31

  Benli, Birgul ^a   Du, Hao ^b   Celik, Mehmet Sabri ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY FOR HYDROMETALLURGICAL CLEANER PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary rise; Contact angle; Molecular dynamics simulation; Sepiolite; Surface energy components

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULES;

AFM; AFM IMAGE; BASAL PLANES; BASAL SURFACE; CAPILLARY RISE; ENERGY COMPONENTS; HYDROGEN BONDING SITES; INTERFACIAL WATER STRUCTURE; MD SIMULATION; MINERAL SURFACES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SEPIOLITE; SINGLE FIBER; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; VOID SPACE; WATER MOLECULE; WETTING LIQUIDS;

CONTACT ANGLE;

MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84863227487     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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