Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 32, Issue 38, Pages 9697-9705Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02072
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- Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme [IAP 7/38]
- Belgian Science Policy Office
- China Scholarship Council
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Wettability as determined from contact angle measurements is a suitable parameter for characterizing the physical bonding of a polymer matrix and reinforcing fibers, but it is very challenging to measure the capillary force exerted by a probe liquid on a fiber accurately for very fine fibers such as single carbon fibers. Herein, we propose an innovative method for measuring dynamic contact angles with a tensiometer, considering both the intrinsic variability of the carbon fiber diameter and the extremely small amplitude of the capillary forces, allowing the measurement of reliable dynamic contact angles over a large range of contact line velocities. The analysis of the contact angle dynamics by the molecular-kinetic theory permits us to check the relevancy of the measured contact angles and to obtain the static contact angle value, improving the prospect of employing tensiometry to better understand the wetting behavior of carbon fibers.
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