Spreading characteristics of thin liquid films of perfluoropolyalkylethers on solid surfaces. Effects of chain-end functionality and humidity

Autor: Min, Byung G., Choi, Jeong W., Brown, Hugh R., Yoon, Do Y., O'Connor, Teresa M., Jhon, Myung S.
Zdroj: Tribology Letters; November 1995, Vol. 1 Issue: 2-3 p225-232, 8p
Abstrakt: Spreading characteristics of thin liquid films of perfluoropolyalkyl ethers (PFPE) on silica surfaces and thermally bonded PFPE surfaces have been measured by scanning microellipsometer as function of molecular weight, chain-end functionality, and humidity. The effects of molecular weight are much smaller than those of chain-end functionality. Changes in spreading profiles with time show that interactions of chain-end groups with solid surfaces have dramatic effects on the structure and mobility of thin polymer films on solid surfaces. Wetting autophobicity is clearly manifested by PFPEs with functional chain-end groups on silica surfaces.
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