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. 2019 Jan 2;9(1):52. doi: 10.3390/nano9010052

Table 3.

Surface free energy of the bulk material.

Polymers Total Surface Free Energy (mN/m) Polar (mN/m) Disperse (mN/m)
M 1 SD 2
PVOH * 37 [32] n/a n/a n/a
PEOZ 41.86 0.80 15.21 26.65
PVP 44.72 0.81 16.25 28.47
SAN 42.82 0.76 4.07 38.75
EVOH 38.57 0.90 9.65 28.92
ABS 41.51 0.65 7.06 34.45

1 M = Mean, 2 SD = Standard Deviation; * PVOH could not be measured with the given test liquids due to the immediate interactions between the surface and the droplet.