Novel film-calliper method of measuring the contact angle of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces

Fletcher, Paul D.I.; Binks, Bernard P.; Horozov, Tommy S.; Braz, Dulce A.; Clint, John H.

Abstract

A simple and reliable film-calliper method of measuring the particle contact angle at the water-air (oil) interface in real time has been developed. Its applicability to submicrometer and micrometer latex and silica particles is demonstrated.

Citation

Fletcher, P. D., Binks, B. P., Horozov, T. S., Braz, D. A., & Clint, J. H. (2008). Novel film-calliper method of measuring the contact angle of colloidal particles at liquid interfaces. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 24(5), 1678-1681. https://doi.org/10.1021/la703414q

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Dec 21, 2007
• Publication Date: Mar 4, 2008
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Journal: Langmuir
• Print ISSN: 0743-7463
• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1678-1681
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/la703414q
• Keywords: Spectroscopy; Electrochemistry; General Materials Science; Surfaces and Interfaces; Condensed Matter Physics
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/461555
• Contract Date: Nov 13, 2014