Determination of the surface free energy of solids: A critical review

Reviews of Adhesion and Adhesives

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-45

  Etzler, Frank M ^a  

^a LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base character of surfaces; Adhesion; Contact angle; Inverse gas chromatography; Surface chemistry; Surface free energy of solids

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; FREE ENERGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; WETTING;

ACID BASE CHARACTERS; ACID-BASE CHARACTER OF SURFACE; CALCULATED VALUES; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; CRITICAL REVIEW; INVERSE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENTS OF; SOLID SURFACE; SURFACE FREE ENERGY OF SOLID; SURFACE-FREE ENERGY;

CONTACT ANGLE;

EID: 84904360315     PISSN: 21680965     EISSN: 21680973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7569/RAA.2013.097301     Document Type: Article

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