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Contact angle determination of micro- and nanoparticles at fluid/fluid interfaces: the excluded area concept
Authors:Grigoriev D O  Krägel J  Dutschk V  Miller R  Möhwald H
Institution:Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Golm/Potsdam, D-14476, Germany. dmitri.grigoriev@mpikg.mpg.de
Abstract:A novel and simple method for the determination of the contact angle of nano- and microparticles at the liquid/air interface is proposed. The principle is based on the consideration of differences between the pressure/area isotherms of a 2D single-component system of a surfactant and those of binary systems comprised of the same surfactant and the particles to be studied. The theoretical analysis of the contact-angle behavior in this system upon compression allows the prediction of direction of the particles' squeezing out of the surface layer and therefore the distinction between the particles with high contact angle (Theta(p) > 90 degrees) and low (Theta(p) < 90 degrees) hydrophobicity. The application of this method to microparticles of two different hydrophobicities demonstrates good agreement between the obtained contact angles and the corresponding degrees of hydrophobicity given by the particle provider.
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