Table 3.
Water contact angle, tilting angle, surface energy and the roughness of tiles coated with S1, S2 and S3 that were prepared with different solvents before and after UV curing.
Sample | Type of Solvent | WCA (°) | TA (°) | RMS (nm) | Surface Energy (J/m2) |
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S1 | Acetone | 88 ± 2 | 20 ± 2 | 7.09 | 31 ± 1 |
S2 | Hexane | 85 ± 1 | 46 ± 1 | 13.01 | 33 ± 1 |
S3 | Isopropanol | 149 ± 2 | 10 ± 2 | 18.57 | 2 ± 0 |
S1-UV | Acetone | 82 ± 2 | 25 ± 2 | 9.934 | 34 ± 1 |
S2-UV | Hexane | 88 ± 1 | 38 ± 1 | 11.57 | 31 ± 1 |
S3-UV | Isopropanol | 152 ± 2 | 7 ± 2 | 21.80 | 1 ± 0 |