| Literature DB >> 24814169 |
N M Kovalchuk1, A Trybala2, V Starov3, O Matar4, N Ivanova5.
Abstract
Fluorosurfactants are the most effective compounds to lower the surface tension of aqueous solutions, but their wetting properties as related to low energy hydrocarbon solids are inferior to hydrocarbon trisiloxane surfactants, although the latter demonstrate higher surface tension in aqueous solutions. To explain this inconsistency available data on the adsorption of fluorosurfactants on liquid/vapour, solid/liquid and solid/vapour interfaces are discussed in comparison to those of hydrocarbon surfactants. The low free energy of adsorption of fluorosurfactants on hydrocarbon solid/water interface should be of a substantial importance for their wetting properties.Entities:
Keywords: Adsorption; Hydrophobicity; Liophobicity; Solid/liquid interface; Surface energy; Surfactant solutions
Year: 2014 PMID： 24814169 DOI： 10.1016/j.cis.2014.04.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Colloid Interface Sci ISSN： 0001-8686 Impact factor: 12.984