Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 24, Issue 16, Pages 8627-8633Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la800799a
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- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [0754715] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Water drops on Nation films caused the surface to switch from being hydrophobic to being hydrophilic. Contact angle hysteresis of >70 degrees between advancing and receding values were obtained by the Wilhelmy plate technique. Sessile drop measurements were consistent with the advancing contact angle; the sessile drop contact angle was 108 degrees. Water drop adhesion, as measured by the detachment angle on an inclined plane, showed much stronger water adhesion on Nation than Teflon. Sessile water and methanol drops caused dry Nafion films to deflect. The flexure went through a maximum with time. Flexure increased with contact area of the drop, but was insensitive to the film thickness. Methanol drops spread more on Nafion and caused larger film flexure than water. The results suggest that the Nafion surface was initially hydrophobic but water and methanol drops caused hydrophilic sulfonic acid domains to be drawn to the Nafion surface. Local swelling of the film beneath the water drop caused the film to buckle. The maximum flexure is suggested to result from motion of a water swelling front through the Nation film.
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