This research was devoted to study the effect of the tacticity on the surface physicochemical properties of PMMA. (1) Background: The determination of the surface free energy of polymers is generally carried out by inverse gas chromatography (IGC) at...
The surface thermodynamic properties of polymers and copolymers modified by supramolecular structures are used in several industrial processes, such as selective adsorption, paints, coatings, colloids, and adhesion applications. Background: Inverse g...
This paper is devoted to an accurate determination of the London dispersive, polar free energy of adsorption, Lewis acid
The linear diblock copolymer polystyrene-b-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PS-P4VP) is an important copolymer recently used in many applications such as optoelectronics, sensors, catalysis, membranes, energy conversion, energy storage devices, photolithograph...
A new method is presented for the estimation of contributions to solvation free energy from dispersion, polar, and hydrogen-bonding (HB) intermolecular interactions. COSMO-type quantum chemical solvation calculations are used for the development of f...
Understanding the effect surface production has on polymer properties is important in the design of advanced materials. The aim of this study was to determine how the moulding process affected the rate of hydrolysis and the topography, chemistry and...
The London dispersive and polar surface properties of solid materials are very important in many chemical processes, such as adsorption, coatings, catalysis, colloids, and mechanical engineering. One of the materials, a styrene–divinylbenzene c...
The objective of this study was to determine the polar and dispersive surface free-energy (SFE) components of the central layer of corrugated paperboards, which are made of recycled fibres. The polar and dispersive components of, and the total, SFE (...
The determination of the polar surface free energy, polar properties, and Lewis’s acid base of solid materials is of capital importance in many industrial processes, such as adhesion, coatings, two-dimensional films, and adsorption phenomena. (...
The dispersive and polar properties of materials, and especially of polymers and copolymers, play an important role in several engineering applications implying their surfaces and interfaces. The surface energetic properties of poly(styrene-co-butadi...
The thermal surface properties of graphenes and carbon materials are of crucial importance in the chemistry of materials, chemical engineering, and many industrial processes. Background: The determination of these surface properties is carried out us...
In previous studies, a new methodology was developed to determine the free dispersive and polar energies, the surface energies, and Lewis acid–base parameters of a polystyrene–divinylbenzene (S-DVB) copolymer modified by melamine, 5-Hydro...
Poly lactic acid (PLA) is one of the most commonly used bio-derived thermoplastic polymers in 3D and 4D printing applications. The determination of PLA surface properties is of capital importance in 3D/4D printing technology. The surface thermodynami...
High molecular weight chitosan (HMWCh), quaternised cellulose nanofibrils (qCNF), and their mixture showed antiviral potential in liquid phase, while this effect decreased when applied to facial masks, as studied in our recent work. To gain more insi...
The adsorption of H2O, NH3 and HCOOH as polar molecules and C6H6 and CH4 as non-polar ones on a series of zig-zag (6,0) single-walled boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) both being defect-free (P_BNNT) and containing defects at the nanotube walls has bee...
In this paper, a three-dimensional vector field model is proposed, whose dimensions are the Hansen Solubility Parameters: dispersion parameter (δD), polarity parameter (δP), and hydrogen bonding parameter (δH). The vector space that...
Lignin, one of Earth’s most abundant biopolymers, is rich in phenolic and aliphatic functional groups, offering significant potential for chemical modification. Technical lignin, a byproduct of the kraft process, is produced in large quantities...
We formulated and experimentally proved a hypothesis on the causes of dispersion (puffing and microexplosion) of binary fuel droplets, including those in the composition of gel fuels. This hypothesis is based on the concepts of wetting thermodynamics...
In order to study the effect of interfacial wettability of separator on electrochemical properties for lithium–ion batteries, two different kinds of polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF–HFP) solution are prepared and used to...
The corrosion of mild steel and Al alloy in Fomtec P 6% and 6% P Profoam 806 protein-based foam concentrates was investigated. Weight-loss data for steel showed corrosion penetration of 0.745 mipy in Fomtec and 2.269 mipy in Profoam, whereas for Al a...
The modification of carbon fibers for improving adhesion between fibers and an epoxy resin in composite materials has become the focus of attention. In this work the carbon fiber coating process has been devised in a way preventing the stiffening and...
This paper constitutes an original and new methodology for the determination of the surface properties of carbon fibers in two forms, namely, oxidized and untreated, using the inverse gas chromatography technique at infinite dilution based on the eff...
The use of orthodontic aligners has increased significantly due to their convenience and esthetic advantages. However, understanding their microbiological behavior and cytotoxicity is essential. This study aimed to evaluate the metabolic activity (MA...
The results of systematic studies on the surface energy γ and its polar γP and dispersion γD components of statistical copolymers of styrene and butadiene, acrylonitrile and butadiene, and butyl acrylate and vinyl acetate, with rega...
Recent theoretical studies have shown that gapped Dirac materials (such as gapped monolayer graphene) optically pumped with circularly polarized light can host edge-localized plasmon modes with nonreciprocal dispersions driven by valley population im...
The study of the surface thermodynamic properties of solid materials is primordial for the determination of the dispersive surface energy, polar enthalpy of adsorption and Lewis’s acid base properties of solid particles. The inverse gas chromat...
In this study, the effect of polylactide (PLA) material on the susceptibility to hydrophobic recovery due to storage was examined, the effectiveness of plasma activation of the film, defined as improving the hydrophilicity of the material, was studie...
The paper presents the issues of metal surface treatment in fibre metal laminates (FML) to obtain high adhesion at the metal–composite interface. Aluminium 2024-T3 and titanium Grade 2 were analysed. The metal surface modifications were carried...
Starch films can be used as materials for food packaging purposes. The goal of this study is to compare how the starch origin influence the selected starch film properties. The films were made from various starches such as that from maize, potato, oa...
Oxygen (O2) and argon (Ar) plasma give a significant improvement in the wettability of PLA films. This study investigates the effectiveness of plasma activation with a mixture of these two gases. The study includes contact angle measurements with wat...
To further reveal the degradation mechanism of epoxy coatings under intense ultraviolet radiation in high-altitude environments and clarify its influence on their interfacial adhesion performance, an epoxy coating-cement mortar system was investigate...
A comprehensive thermodynamic and molecular-level investigation of adsorption on MgY and NH4Y zeolites is presented using inverse gas chromatography at infinite dilution (IGC-ID), combined with a Hamaker-based formalism and an extended five-parameter...
Wettability measurements were performed for aqueous dispersions of native and modified corn, potato, and pea starch granules deposited on glass plates by the thin layer method using test liquids of a different chemical nature (polar water and formami...
In this work, renewable composites were prepared by the association of a thermosetting resin synthesized via free-radical polymerization, using a mixture of tung oil, n-butyl methacrylate, and divinylbenzene, with silica-rich fillers, namely an algae...
The utilization of waste rubber tires is of great value for environment protection and resource recovery, which can also improve the properties of matrix asphalt. The adhesion characteristics were evaluated for crumb rubber modified asphalt and limes...
In this study, the corrosion performance of AA2014 aluminum alloy was enhanced by coating the alloy with a layer containing silica (SiC) that was formed by the plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) process. The PEO process was performed with different...
The most popular contact angle (CA)-based approaches for determination of solid surface free energy (SFE) are considered: (i) single liquid methods, mainly of Neumann and Chibowski, (ii) the multiple liquids approach of Owens–Wendt–Rabel&...
Background/Objectives: Chronic apical periodontitis (CAP) is a persistent periapical inflammatory lesion whose treatment still fails in a substantial fraction of cases, and no molecularly targeted adjunct exists. We aimed to identify druggable hub ge...
Self-polarized piezoelectric devices have attracted significant interest owing to their fabrication processes with low energy consumption. Herein, novel poling-free piezoelectric nanogenerators (PENGs) based on self-polarized polyvinylidene difluorid...
The aim of the paper is based on a combined approach to improve dental alloy performance using a new Ni-free Co–Cr composition with Mo, Nb and Zr and coated with an anodic oxidation film. The coated and uncoated samples were surface characterized by...
A recently developed cellulose hybrid chemical treatment consists of two steps: solvent exchange (with ethanol or hexane) and chemical grafting of maleic anhydride (MA) on the surface of fibers. It induces a significant decrease in cellulose moisture...
This study evaluated the effects of the methyl methacrylate (MMA)-containing adhesive primer Visio.link on the surface characteristics of sandblasted poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK) and its bond strength to four dental resin cements: the MMA-based re...
Electrostrictive materials based on (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 are promising lead-free candidates for high-precision actuation applications, yet their properties require further improvement. This study aims to enhance the electromechanical properties of a pred...
Molybdenum (Mo) is an important alloying element in maraging steels. In this study, we altered the Mo concentration during the production of four cobalt-free maraging steels using an electroslag refining process. The microstructure of the four forged...
The aim of the study was to modify the surface free energy (SFE) of meta- (mAr) and para-aramid (pAr) yarns by their activation in low-pressure air radio frequency (RF) (40 kHz) plasma and assessment of its impact on the properties of the yarns. Afte...
The Mg-6%Al-3%Zn and Mg-6%Al-3%Zn-(1%, 1.5%, 2%)In alloys were prepared by melting and casting. Their microstructures were investigated via metallographic and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis. Moreover, hydrogen evolution and elect...
While GaN nanowires (NWs) offer an attractive architecture for a variety of nanoscale optical, electronic, and mechanical devices, defects such as crystal polarity inversion domains (IDs) can limit device performance. Moreover, the formation of such...
The laser surface texturing (LST) technique has recently been used to enhance adhesion bond strength in various coating applications and to create structures with controlled hydrophobic or superhydrophobic surfaces. The texturing processing parameter...
A colored superhydrophobic surface on a stainless steel substrate was achieved by means of high temperature oxidation combined with subsequent spraying modification by superhydrophobic nano-silica film. Comprehensive characterizations of the surface...
In this work, we studied the corrosion of Cu metal in 0.5 mol L−1 HCl and the inhibition effect of the expired Cefazolin drug. The inhibition efficiency (IE) of Cefazolin varied according to its concentration in solution. As the Cefazolin conce...
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