Research of Solids

Build a foundation of knowledge around solid surfaces

Advanced products often call for advanced approaches, making it necessary to create specialized substrates for the products of the future or to optimize well-established materials already in use. Uncover how researchers use surface science to create solids that will live up to performance and durability requirements.

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Metal plating

Interfacial measurement techniques for characterizing wetting agents and checking for their concentration

Wetting and roughness – What to do if Wenzel does not work?

How contact angle measurements and confocal microscopy can provide an empirical solution

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Work of adhesion

The work of adhesion W12 is the work which must be done to separate two adjacent phases 1 and 2 of a …

Roll-off angle

The roll-off angle is the angle of inclination of a surface at which a drop rolls off it.

Hydraulic fracturing

Interfacial chemical support in the exploitation of crude oil and natural gas deposits

Offset printing

Quality assurance by means of interfacial chemical investigations of moistening agents, inks and printing …

Froth flotation

Optimization of flotation separation using interfacial chemical methods

Polar part

The polar part is that part of the surface free energy of a solid or the surface tension of a liquid …

Adhesion on metals

Contact angle and surface tension for the processing of metal surfaces

Wetting by alloys

Measurement of contact angle and surface tension of molten metals

Confocal microscopy

Confocal microscopy is an optical method for obtaining three-dimensional images of surface textures …

Drop shape

Revolutionary dosing technique | Liquid Needle

Watch the story of the Liquid Needle, our revolutionary dosing technique for contact angle measurement. This fast and reproducible way of drop placement uses a very thin jet which does not d

ADVANCE Software

Ready for Industry 4.0! | ADVANCE API

Quality control requires the simplest possible useability. Our ADVANCE WebApp reduces operation to a click of a button in the browser of any computer. The ADVANCE API goes even further and c

Adhesion on polymers

Contact angle and surface tension for optimizing plastic coatings

Coating of glass

Quality control of the interface chemistry of glass bonds and treated surfaces

Coating of fibers

Methods for monitoring wetting, adhesion and cleaning

Top-view distance method

The top-view distance method is an optical method for measuring the contact angle.

Fiber reinforced polymers

Contact angle and surface tension for optimizing the wetting and adhesion between fibers and matrix …

Sessile Drop

The sessile drop is the standard arrangement for optical measurement of the contact angle using drop …

Wettability

Wettability describes the attempt of a solid to form a common interface with a liquid which comes into …

Wetting of battery electrodes

Speeding up a time-consuming process with interfacial analytical methods

Interfacial tension

In the broader sense, interfacial tension is defined as the work which must be expended to increase …

Production of latex

Investigations into the wetting of immersion molds and into dispersion and emulsion stability

Improving the reliability of powder contact angles with the Washburn Direct method and a tool for uniform sample preparation

A reproducibility study based on measurements of the water wettability of microcrystalline cellulose …

Drop shape

Universal analysis of wettability and adhesion | DSA100

How intensively a solid is wetted by a liquid strongly depends on the solid’s surface free energy (SFE). The modularity and versatility of the Drop Shape Analyzer – DSA100, our high-end inst

Washburn method

The Washburn method is a method for measuring the contact angle and the surface free energy of porous …

Production of electronic boards

Optimization of cleaning and final coating using surface chemical methods

DSA100HP1750

Wetting and interfacial tension under pressure conditions of reservoir stimulation

Coating of polymers

Methods for measuring wetting and adhesion

Tensiometers

Universal analysis of liquid and solid surfaces | K100

Determining surface and interfacial tension, contact angles, or critical micelle concentration is necessary in many industries. Whether improving surfactants, cosmetics, inks, or pharmaceuti

Lotus effect

The lotus effect (lotus blossom effect) describes the behavior of ultrahydrophobic surfaces.

Surface treatment of wood

Surface tension and contact angle for optimizing the protection and bonding of wood

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

Interfacial technology for efficient oil field exploitation

Wettability of cosmetic powders and pigments

Interfacial chemistry measuring methods for powder wetting and dispersion stability

Adhesion on glass

Contact angle and surface tension in glass cleaning and coating

Production of ceramic surfaces

Methods for optimizing the surface of ceramic materials and coatings

Predicting coatability

Contact angle and surface tension results as a basis for targeted development of coating formulations

DSA30S

The versatile instrument for semi-automatic wettability analysis

Owens, Wendt, Rabel and Kaelble (OWRK) method

The Owens, Wendt, Rabel and Kaelble method is a standard method for calculating the surface free energy …

DSA100HP40

Analyzing phase interactions and transitions at high pressures

DSA30E

Versatile automated wetting and adhesion analysis of solids and liquids

Tensíío

The new generation tensiometer for liquid and solid surfaces

Determining the wettability of carbon fiber tows from single fiber contact angle data

A model for the acquisition of wettability data for challenging samples

Pharmaceuticals and galenics

Interfacial chemical analyses for the production and bioavailability of medicines

Production of cement and concrete

Interfacial chemistry measuring methods for the material behavior before and after setting

DSA25S

Semi-automatic wettability analysis with high dosing precision

Recovery and processing of bitumen

Measuring methods for the extraction of bitumen and its optimization as a building material

Surface roughness

Surface roughness is the degree of unevenness of the surface of a solid below the scale of magnitude …

Wetting

Wetting describes the degree to which a liquid spreads on a solid when it comes into contact with it. …

DSA100E

The automated premium solution for wetting and adhesion analysis of solids and liquids

Inkjet printing

Optimization of the ink, the printing process and the substrate with surface science methods

DSA100HP690

High pressure interfacial analysis for flooding methods in EOR

DSA25E

From one-click wettability measurement to analysis of solid-liquid adhesion

Tensiometers

Tensíío Instrument Demo | Introduction

This introduction is part of a growing video series about Tensíío. Watch application expert Dr. Andrew Mellor explain how the setup can be adapted to your specific task. Experience the metho

Liquid Needle

The Liquid Needle is a dosing technology for optical contact angle measurement developed by KRÜSS.

DSA100S

The semi-automatic premium solution for wettability analysis

Coating of metals

Chemical interface measurements for protection, painting and bonding

Paints and varnishes on surfaces

From spreading, adhesion, interfacial tension to the final functions of the finished coating

Polymer blending

Methods of interfacial chemistry for creating new polymer materials

Spreading

Spreading describes the expansion of a liquid phase on a second liquid or solid phase (complete wetting). …

Surface Science Online Course

Increase your knowledge and update your practical expertise in the field of surface science. Facilitated …

Wettability of contact lenses

Contact angle measurements for ensuring quality and the development of biocompatible materials

Coating of powders

Contact angle measurement for optimizing the success of surface chemical modification

Contact angle

When an interface exists between a liquid and a solid, the angle between the surface of the liquid and …

Dispersing of ceramic powders

Interfacial chemistry measuring methods for mineral coatings and coated surfaces

ADVANCE Software

ADVANCE | Drop Shape

Comprehensive wetting and adhesion analysis requires intelligent and versatile software – like ADVANCE. The software supports every degree of automization up to full software control of surf

Replacing the solid needle by a liquid one when measuring static contact angles

Comparison of the traditional solid needle dosing system and a novel pressure-based dosing system, a …

DSA100M

The premium solution for wettability analysis of microscopically small surfaces

Tensiometer

A tensiometer is a device for measuring the surface tension of a liquid and/or the interfacial tension …

Development of a measuring method for characterizing the surface of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA)

Hydrophobic Recovery and Wilhelmy measuring method with acrylic-acid-based products

Drop shape analysis

Drop shape analysis (DSA) is an image analysis method for determining the contact angle from the shadow …

ADVANCE Software

ADVANCE | Adhesion Analysis

The Adhesion Analysis of ADVANCE makes the most of your surface free energy results by calculating scientific parameters for the contact between a solid and a liquid in order assess adhesion