• 我要登录|
  • 免费注册
    |
  • 我的丁香通
    • 企业机构:
    • 成为企业机构
    • 个人用户:
    • 个人中心
  • 移动端
    移动端
丁香通 logo丁香实验_LOGO
搜实验

    大家都在搜

      大家都在搜

        0 人通过求购买到了急需的产品
        免费发布求购
        发布求购
        点赞
        收藏
        wx-share
        分享

        Measuring Wettability of Biosurfaces at the Microscale

        互联网

        399
        Determining the contact angle of a liquid on a solid surface is a simple method to assess the surface wettability. The most common method to measure the contact angle of a liquid consists of capturing the profile of a sessile drop of a few microliters on the surface using an optical system. Currently, this is a widely used technique to analyze wettability both in researched materials and in products of multiple technological fields. However, the drop dispensed by a traditional macroscopic contact angle meter is too big to assess the wettability properties of individual topographical features and/or chemical patterns at the micro/nanoscale. Recently, contact angle meters that can discharge drops that are microscopic, with volumes in the range of 1 � 10−3 to 10−5 μL have been developed. The novel microscopic contact angle meter uses a pneumatic injection system to discharge the drop of the liquid through a capillary of a few micrometers of internal diameter and a high-resolution ultrafast digital camera.
        We have tested different biosurfaces – microimprinted polymers for biosensors, calcium-phosphate cements with different topographical microfeatures, orthodontic wires – and assessed the potential applicability in the field in comparison with the conventional macroscopic contact angle meters.
        This protocol describes the basic tasks needed to test wettability on biosurfaces with a microscopic contact angle meter. The focus of the protocol is on the challenging methodological steps and those that differentiate the use of this equipment to the use of a traditional macroscopic contact angle meter.
        ad image
        提问
        扫一扫
        丁香实验小程序二维码
        实验小助手
        丁香实验公众号二维码
        扫码领资料
        反馈
        TOP
        打开小程序