PMID- 18291410
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080603
LR  - 20091111
IS  - 0021-9797 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9797 (Linking)
VI  - 320
IP  - 2
DP  - 2008 Apr 15
TI  - Inferring wettability of heterogeneous surfaces by ToF-SIMS.
PG  - 563-8
LID - 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.01.042 [doi]
AB  - Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) has been examined as a 
      possible predictive tool for surface wettability. Heterogeneous surfaces were 
      prepared with hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions of known surface coverage using 
      self-assembled monolayers. The surface coverage of each component was then 
      correlated with ToF-SIMS fragmentation of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic surface 
      groups and static contact angle measurements. From these measurements, a clear 
      relationship between the surface wettability and relative intensity of 
      characteristic secondary ions was identified. Moreover, our results for planar 
      surfaces can be extrapolated to predict the wettability of particulate samples 
      for which direct contact angle measurements are not straightforward. The ability 
      to infer particle wettability by ToF-SIMS is well suited to mineral 
      characterization and in particular, the prediction of mineral flotation 
      efficiencies.
FAU - Priest, Craig
AU  - Priest C
AD  - Ian Wark Research Institute, ARC Special Research Centre for Particle and 
      Material Interfaces, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 
      5095, Australia.
FAU - Stevens, Nathanael
AU  - Stevens N
FAU - Sedev, Rossen
AU  - Sedev R
FAU - Skinner, William
AU  - Skinner W
FAU - Ralston, John
AU  - Ralston J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080202
PL  - United States
TA  - J Colloid Interface Sci
JT  - Journal of colloid and interface science
JID - 0043125
EDAT- 2008/02/23 09:00
MHDA- 2008/02/23 09:01
CRDT- 2008/02/23 09:00
PHST- 2007/12/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/01/22 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/01/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/02/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/02/23 09:01 [medline]
PHST- 2008/02/23 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0021-9797(08)00084-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.01.042 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Colloid Interface Sci. 2008 Apr 15;320(2):563-8. doi: 
      10.1016/j.jcis.2008.01.042. Epub 2008 Feb 2.