Forces between Hydrophobic Solids in Concentrated Aqueous Salt Solution

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dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorMastropietro, Dean J.en
dc.contributor.authorDucker, William A.en
dc.contributor.departmentChemical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessed2013-12-10en
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-10T17:31:19Zen
dc.date.available2013-12-10T17:31:19Zen
dc.date.issued2012-03-05en
dc.description.abstractMuch research has focused on the discovery and description of long-ranged forces between hydrophobic solids immersed in water. Here we show that the force between high contact-angle solids in concentrated salt solution (1 M KCl) agrees very well with van der Waals forces calculated from Lifshitz theory for separations greater than 5 nm. The hydrophobic solids are octadecyltrichlorosilane-coated glass, with an advancing contact angle of 108 degrees. Thus, in 1 M salt solution, it is unnecessary to invoke the presence of a hydrophobic force at separations greater than 5 nm. Through measurement in salt solution, we avoid the necessity of accounting for large electrostatic forces that frequently occur in pure water and may obscure resolution of other forces.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Techen
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dc.identifier.citationMastropietro, Dean J. ; Ducker, William A., Mar 5, 2012. “Forces between Hydrophobic Solids in Concentrated Aqueous Salt Solution,” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 108(10): 106101. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.106101en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.106101en
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/24504en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.106101en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectSurfactant-coated surfacesen
dc.subjectMonte carlo simulationen
dc.subjectLong-rangeen
dc.subjectBoundary-conditionen
dc.subjectThin filmsen
dc.subjectAttractionen
dc.subjectWateren
dc.subjectMicroscopyen
dc.subjectParticlesen
dc.subjectInterfacesen
dc.subjectPhysicsen
dc.titleForces between Hydrophobic Solids in Concentrated Aqueous Salt Solutionen
dc.title.serialPhysical Review Lettersen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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