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Research of solids


Get a solid understanding of your material

Build a foundation of knowledge around solid surfaces

 

Advanced products often call for advanced approaches, making it necessary to create specialized substrates for the products of the future or to optimize well-established materials already in use. Uncover how researchers use surface science to create solids that will live up to  performance and durability requirements.

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Surface treatment of wood

Surface tension and contact angle for optimizing the protection and bonding of wood

Use Case

Wettability

Wettability describes the attempt of a solid to form a common interface with a liquid which comes into …

Glossary

Lotus effect

The lotus effect (lotus blossom effect) describes the behavior of ultrahydrophobic surfaces.

Glossary

Coating of polymers

Methods for measuring wetting and adhesion

Use Case

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA100S for wettability analysis

DSA100S

The semi-automatic premium solution for wettability analysis

Drop Shape Analyzer

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA100HP1750 for wetting and interfacial tension under high pressure

DSA100HP1750

Wetting and interfacial tension under pressure conditions of reservoir stimulation

Drop Shape Analyzer

Drop shape

Revolutionary dosing technique | Liquid Needle

Watch the story of the Liquid Needle, our revolutionary dosing technique for contact angle measurement. This fast and reproducible way of drop placement uses a very thin jet which does not d

Production of electronic boards

Optimization of cleaning and final coating using surface chemical methods

Use Case

Biocompatibility of medical implants

Surface characterization for body-compatible dental and bone prostheses

Use Case

Hysteresis

In general, hysteresis describes the behavior of a system in which an output variable is dependent on …

Glossary

Owens, Wendt, Rabel and Kaelble (OWRK) method

The Owens, Wendt, Rabel and Kaelble method is a standard method for calculating the surface free energy …

Glossary

Predicting coatability

Contact angle and surface tension results as a basis for targeted development of coating formulations

Application Report

Production of ceramic surfaces

Methods for optimizing the surface of ceramic materials and coatings

Use Case

Work of adhesion

The work of adhesion W12 is the work which must be done to separate two adjacent phases 1 and 2 of a …

Glossary

Fiber reinforced polymers

Contact angle and surface tension for optimizing the wetting and adhesion between fibers and matrix …

Use Case

Coating of metals

Chemical interface measurements for protection, painting and bonding

Use Case

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA100HP690 for high-pressure interfacial tension measurements in EOR

DSA100HP40

Analyzing phase interactions and transitions at high pressures

Drop Shape Analyzer

Soldering processes

Contact angle and surface tension as parameters for optimizing soldering processes

Use Case

Surface Science Online Course

Increase your knowledge and update your practical expertise in the field of surface science. Facilitated …

Online

Webinars & Seminars

Drop shape analysis

Drop shape analysis (DSA) is an image analysis method for determining the contact angle from the shadow …

Glossary

Tensiometers

Universal analysis of liquid and solid surfaces | K100

Determining surface and interfacial tension, contact angles, or critical micelle concentration is necessary in many industries. Whether improving surfactants, cosmetics, inks, or pharmaceuti

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Webinars & Seminars

Determining the wettability of carbon fiber tows from single fiber contact angle data

A model for the acquisition of wettability data for challenging samples

Application Report

Froth flotation

Optimization of flotation separation using interfacial chemical methods

Use Case

Dispersing of ceramic powders

Interfacial chemistry measuring methods for mineral coatings and coated surfaces

Use Case

Adhesion on polymers

Contact angle and surface tension for optimizing plastic coatings

Use Case

Roll-off angle

The roll-off angle is the angle of inclination of a surface at which a drop rolls off it.

Glossary

Wetting and roughness – What to do if Wenzel does not work?

How contact angle measurements and confocal microscopy can provide an empirical solution

Application Report

Drop shape

Universal analysis of wettability and adhesion | DSA100

How intensively a solid is wetted by a liquid strongly depends on the solid’s surface free energy (SFE). The modularity and versatility of the Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA100, our high-end inst

Hydraulic fracturing

Interfacial chemical support in the exploitation of crude oil and natural gas deposits

Use Case

DSA30E

Versatile automated wetting and adhesion analysis of solids and liquids

Drop Shape Analyzer

Wettability of contact lenses

Contact angle measurements for ensuring quality and the development of biocompatible materials

Use Case

Tensiometer

A tensiometer is a device for measuring the surface tension of a liquid and/or the interfacial tension …

Glossary

Wetting by alloys

Measurement of contact angle and surface tension of molten metals

Use Case

Liquid Needle

The Liquid Needle is a dosing technology for optical contact angle measurement developed by KRÜSS.

Glossary

Surface free energy (SFE), surface energy

Surface free energy (SFE) is the work that would be necessary to increase the surface area of a solid …

Glossary

Production of latex

Investigations into the wetting of immersion molds and into dispersion and emulsion stability

Use Case

Top-view distance method

The top-view distance method is an optical method for measuring the contact angle.

Glossary

Car glass factory

Adhesion on glass

Contact angle and surface tension in glass cleaning and coating

Use Case

Wetting of battery electrodes

Speeding up a time-consuming process with interfacial analytical methods

Use Case

DSA100E

The automated premium solution for wetting and adhesion analysis of solids and liquids

Drop Shape Analyzer

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA100W for wettability and adhesion on wafers

DSA100W

Automatic wettability and adhesion analysis of wafers and other round samples

Drop Shape Analyzer

Surface roughness

Surface roughness is the degree of unevenness of the surface of a solid below the scale of magnitude …

Glossary

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

Interfacial technology for efficient oil field exploitation

Use Case

Recovery and processing of bitumen

Measuring methods for the extraction of bitumen and its optimization as a building material

Use Case

Sessile Drop

The sessile drop is the standard arrangement for optical measurement of the contact angle using drop …

Glossary

Interfacial tension

In the broader sense, interfacial tension is defined as the work which must be expended to increase …

Glossary

ADVANCE Software

ADVANCE | Adhesion Analysis

The Adhesion Analysis of ADVANCE makes the most of your surface free energy results by calculating scientific parameters for the contact between a solid and a liquid in order assess adhesion

Wetting and coating of textiles

Contact angle and surface tension for optimizing the coating of functional textiles

Use Case

Tensíío

The new generation tensiometer for liquid and solid surfaces

Force Tensiometer

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA25S for wettability measurements

DSA25S

Semi-automatic wettability analysis with high dosing precision

Drop Shape Analyzer

Pharmaceuticals and galenics

Interfacial chemical analyses for the production and bioavailability of medicines

Use Case

Offset printing

Quality assurance by means of interfacial chemical investigations of moistening agents, inks and printing …

Use Case

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA25E for wettability measurement and adhesion

DSA25E

From one-click wettability measurement to analysis of solid-liquid adhesion

Drop Shape Analyzer

Confocal microscopy

Confocal microscopy is an optical method for obtaining three-dimensional images of surface textures …

Glossary

Inkjet printing

Optimization of the ink, the printing process and the substrate with surface science methods

Use Case

ADVANCE Software

ADVANCE | Drop Shape

Comprehensive wetting and adhesion analysis requires intelligent and versatile software – like ADVANCE. The software supports every degree of automization up to full software control of surf

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA25E for wettability measurement and adhesion

Replacing the solid needle by a liquid one when measuring static contact angles

Comparison of the traditional solid needle dosing system and a novel pressure-based dosing system, a …

Application Report

Development of a measuring method for characterizing the surface of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA)

Hydrophobic Recovery and Wilhelmy measuring method with acrylic-acid-based products

Application Report

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA100HP690 for high-pressure interfacial tension measurements in EOR

DSA100HP690

High pressure interfacial analysis for flooding methods in EOR

Drop Shape Analyzer

Polymer blending

Methods of interfacial chemistry for creating new polymer materials

Use Case

ADVANCE Software

Ready for Industry 4.0! | ADVANCE API

Quality control requires the simplest possible useability. Our ADVANCE WebApp reduces operation to a click of a button in the browser of any computer. The ADVANCE API goes even further and c

Adhesion on metals

Contact angle and surface tension for the processing of metal surfaces

Use Case

Polar part

The polar part is that part of the surface free energy of a solid or the surface tension of a liquid …

Glossary

Coating of fibers

Methods for monitoring wetting, adhesion and cleaning

Use Case

Production of cement and concrete

Interfacial chemistry measuring methods for the material behavior before and after setting

Use Case

Contact angle

When an interface exists between a liquid and a solid, the angle between the surface of the liquid and …

Glossary

Wetting

Wetting describes the degree to which a liquid spreads on a solid when it comes into contact with it. …

Glossary

Coating of powders

Contact angle measurement for optimizing the success of surface chemical modification

Use Case

Metal plating

Interfacial measurement techniques for characterizing wetting agents and checking for their concentration

Use Case

Wettability of cosmetic powders and pigments

Interfacial chemistry measuring methods for powder wetting and dispersion stability

Use Case

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA30S for wettability analysis

DSA30S

The versatile instrument for semi-automatic wettability analysis

Drop Shape Analyzer

Improving the reliability of powder contact angles with the Washburn Direct method and a tool for uniform sample preparation

A reproducibility study based on measurements of the water wettability of microcrystalline cellulose …

Application Report

Paints and varnishes on surfaces

From spreading, adhesion, interfacial tension to the final functions of the finished coating

Use Case

Coating of glass

Quality control of the interface chemistry of glass bonds and treated surfaces

Use Case

Spreading

Spreading describes the expansion of a liquid phase on a second liquid or solid phase (complete wetting). …

Glossary

Tensiometers

Tensíío Instrument Demo | Introduction

This introduction is part of a growing video series about Tensíío. Watch application expert Dr. Andrew Mellor explain how the setup can be adapted to your specific task. Experience the metho

Washburn method

The Washburn method is a method for measuring the contact angle and the surface free energy of porous …

Glossary

Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA100M for wettability analysis on very small surfaces

DSA100M

The premium solution for wettability analysis of microscopically small surfaces

Drop Shape Analyzer

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