Polymer Surface Dynamics

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Polymer Surface and Interface Dynamics: An Introduction....Pages 1-8
Modeling of the Wilhelmy Contact Angle Method with Practical Sample Geometries....Pages 9-24
Contact Angles at Polymer-Water Interface; Temperature Dependence and Induced Deformation....Pages 25-43
Orientation Phenomena at Polymer-Water Interfaces....Pages 45-66
Dynamic Contact Angle Studies of N-Alkyl Derivatized Boro-Silicate Glass Surfaces....Pages 67-88
Surface Mobility and Structural Transitions of Poly(n-Alkyl Methacrylates) Probed by Dynamic Contact Angle Measurement....Pages 89-100
Dynamic Wettability of Hydrophobic Polymers....Pages 101-110
Hydrophilic Polymer Coatings for Control of Electroosmosis and Wetting....Pages 111-118
Surface Properties of Aqueous PEO/PPO Block Copolymer Surfactants....Pages 119-136
Polyurethane Surfaces: Solvent and Temperature Induced Structural Rearrangements....Pages 137-152
Surface Analysis of Commercial Biomedical Polyurethanes....Pages 153-170
An ESCA Study on the X-ray Induced Changes in Polymeric Materials....Pages 171-178
Back Matter....Pages 179-182