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. 2018 Jan 16;26:e20170077. doi: 10.1590/1678-7757-2017-0077

Table 3. A) Acidic, Basic Components of Surface Free Energies of Test Liquids used in this work (mJ/m2). B) Surface Free Energy Components of PMMAs Surface Calculated by Acid-Base Approach (mJ/m2). C) Surface Free Energy of PMMAs Surface Calculated by the Other Methods (mJ/m2). D) Polarity and Average Contact Angle.

A
Liquid γL γLwL (γdL) γABL (γpL) γ+L γL Polarity (γpL/γdL)
Water (w) 72.8 21.8 51.00 25.5 25.5 2.34
Diiodomethane (d) 50.8 50.8 0 0 0 0
Formamide (f) 58.00 39.00 19.00 2.28 39.6 0.49
B
PMMAs γL γLwL (γdL) γABL (γpL) γ+L γL
Q 39.77±0.76 35.19±0.76 4.58±0.48 1.03 2.28
A 36.60±1.28 32.71±2.56 3.88±1.74 0.99 1.94
D 37.71±1.45 34.72±0.89 2.99±1.12 0.79 2.14
C
PMMAs Equation of State OWRK/Fowkes Wu Zisman
Q 38.33±0.55 40.51±0.78 44.06±0.74 36.85±2.13
A 35.81±0.90 37.39±1.09 40.95±0.98 32.27±8.98
D 36.75±1.14 38.62±1.45 42.09±1.45 35.58±2.23
D
PMMAs Polarity (γpL/γdL) θ° (Water) θ° (Diiodomethane) θ° (Formamide)
Q 0.13±0.01 70.59±11.68 55.04±12.95 51.71±1.88
A 0.12±0.06 81.93±5.09 52.72±4.52 56.81±1.88
D 0.08±0.03 80.56±3.35 49.18±1.61 56.28±4.06