Why can a nanometer-thick polymer coated surface be more wettable to water than to oil?

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 16719-16722

  Li, Lei ^a   Wang, Yongjin ^a   Gallaschun, Cassandra ^a   Risch, Timothy ^a   Sun, Jianing ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b J A WOOLLAM CO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA; NANO SCALE; POLYMER COATED SURFACES; UNDERLYING MECHANISM; WETTING BEHAVIOR;

CHEMISTRY;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 84865516940     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: 13645501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2jm32580b     Document Type: Article

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