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