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Application Reports

 

Report Year Title English German Chinese
AR301 2025 Moving Beyond Cross Hatch: The Stood-Up Drop Technique as a New Route to Assess Coating Adhesion Correlating the dewetting angle with ISO2409:2020 test results en de cn
AR300 2025 Surface Tension and Wettability Analysis of Ink Formulations Using Static and Dynamic Methods Combining surface analysis methods for targeted ink optimization en    
AR299 2025 Optimizing Shampoo Foam Analysis: A Comparative Study of Measurement Techniques Evaluating the effectiveness of sparging, Foam Flash, and Adapted Foam Flash en    
AR298 2025 Measuring Wettability of Single Carbon Fibers Using a Tensiometer with a Regular High-Resolution Force Sensor Strongly increasing the wetting force at ultrathin fibers with a multiple-fiber sample holder en de cn
AR297 2021 Interfacial Rheology of Particle-Laden Interfaces Formation and stability of Pickering emulsions en de cn
AR296 2021 Predicting Coatability Contact angle and surface tension results as a basis for targeted development of coating formulations en de cn
AR295 2020 Wetting and Roughness – What to Do if Wenzel Does Not Work? How contact angle measurements and confocal microscopy can provide an empirical solution en de cn
AR293 2020 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 powder en de cn
AR291 2019 Characterization of a Versatile Emulsifier for Low-Viscous Formulations and Liposomal Structures Interfacial analysis of the surfactant polyglyceryl-10 monooleate as part of a comprehensive product evaluation study en de cn
AR290 2019 Foam Stability and Foam Structure Under High Pressure for Tertiary Oil Production Foam analysis under pressure up to 35 MPa with a new measuring instrument en de cn
AR288 2019 From an Immiscible Water-Oil System to the Ultralow Interfacial Tension of a Microemulsion Determining IFT in a range of six decades with one and the same instrument en de cn
AR287 2018 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 en de cn
AR286 2018 Determine How Clean Surfaces Are: Quickly and on the Go Optimizing residence times in cleaning baths en de cn
AR285 2018 Interfacial Rheology of Emulsifiers in Food Stability and sensory properties of emulsions and foams en de cn
AR284 2017 Determining the Wettability of Carbon Fiber Tows From Single Fiber Contact Angle Data A model for the acquisition of wettability data for challenging samples en de cn
AR283 2017 Benchmarking the Foaming Properties of a New, Mild Surfactant Formulation According to ASTM D 1173-07 Ross Miles foam analysis of polyaldoTM 10-1-CC compared to PEG-80 sorbitan laurate and decyl glucoside surfactants en de cn
AR282 2017 A Reliable Method for Monitoring the Aging and Performance of Cooling Liquids Used in Machining Processes Microbubbles and foaming behavior of fresh and used cooling liquids en de cn
AR281 2016 Characterizing Particle Size of Filler Materials Quickly and Easily Sedimentation measurements on calcium carbonate powders with a tensiometer en de cn
AR280 2016 Optimizing Flame Treatment of Polymer Surfaces Mobile contact angle measurements on glass fiber reinforced composite materials for automobile interiors en de cn
AR279 2016 Foam Behavior of Toothpaste Comparative analyses of the foamability and foam structure of dental care products en de cn
AR278 2016 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 so-called Liquid Needle en de cn
AR277 2015 Surface Tension as a Basic Parameter for Controlling Drop Dispensing of Ophthalmic Solutions About the relationship between drop volume and surface tension en de cn
AR276 2015 Development of Customized Demulsifiers Interfacial rheological measurements on crude oil emulsions en de cn
AR275 2015 Comparison of the Foam Behavior of Different Types of Degassed Beer Analysis of the foamability, foam stability and foam structure of beer samples en de cn
AR274 2015 Foamability of Different Milk Types, and Stability and Structure of the Foam Produced Scientific milk foam analyses at different temperatures en de cn
AR273 2014 Ultralow Interfacial Tension in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Investigation of a biosurfactant for the environmentally friendly increase of the extraction yield en de cn
AR272 2014 Why Test Inks Cannot Tell the Full Truth About Surface Free Energy A comparative study between test inks and contact angle measurements in our laboratory en de cn
AR271 2013 Wettability of Carbon Fibers Using Single-Fiber Contact Angle Measurements – A Feasibility Study Single fiber wettability en de  
AR270 2012 Investigating the Foaming Behavior of Cooling Lubricants and the Effect of Foam Inhibitors (Antifoams) Foamability and foam stability en de  
AR269 2011 Investigating the Foam-Inhibiting Effect of Antifoaming Agents in Printing Lacquers Foamability and foam stability en de  
AR268 2011 Kinetic Investigations Into the Effectiveness of Surfactants Dynamic properties of surfactants en de  
AR267 2010 Foam Behavior and Foam Stability of Aqueous Surfactant Solutions Studies on the stability of foams en de  
AR266 2009 Characterization of Microscopically Small Surfaces on Dental Implants by Using Contact Angle Measurements on Picoliter Drops Wetting behavior of dental implants en de  
AR265 2009 Interfacial Rheology Measurements on an Oil/Water System with High-Viscosity Oils Interfacial rheology with high-viscosity oils en de  
AR264 2009 Light Metal, but Difficult to Bond Optimizing the pretreatment of metal surfaces for bonding in vehicle construction en de  
AR263 2008 No Chance for Wetness! Surface science for optimal wood protection en de  
AR262 2008 The Effect of an Oxygen-Helium Atmospheric Plasma on the Surface Energy of Medical Plastics Surface energy improvement of medical plastics en de  
AR261 2007 Surfactant Additives for Pesticide Formulations – Effects on Both Spray Atomization and Substrate Wettability Surfactant additives for pesticide formulations en de  
AR260 2007 Optimizing Automotive Coatings – the Balancing Act Between Adhesion Energies, Interfacial Tensions, and Spreading Coefficients Optimizing automotive coatings en de  
AR259 2007 In-Line Process Control with MobileDrop: Monitoring Cleaning Performance on Glass Surfaces Contact angle determination in process control en de  
AR258 2006 How Effective Is Hot-Wax Treatment? Surface free energy measurement on automobiles en de  
AR257 2006 Nanoparticle Surface Energy Determinations Smaller Particles – Smaller Problems Nano particles en de  
AR256 2006 How Plastics Lose Their Hydrophobia Ozone treatment of polymer surfaces en de  
AR255 2006 Methods for Wettability Determination on Hydrogels Hydrogel wetting en    
AR254 2006 How Patient Is Paper? Paper wettability by water-based inks en de  
AR253 2006 Correlation of Receding Water Contact Angle Data with Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate (MVTR) for Corona Treated Polypropylene Packaging Film Corona treated polypropylene packaging film en    
AR251 2006 Upside Down: Surface Energy Measurement of Textiles by Captive Bubble Method Surface energy of textiles en de  
AR250 2005 Effect of Temperature on the Surface Energy of Solids – Sometimes It Does Matter Effect of temperature on the surface energy of solids en    
AR249 2005 Characterization of Liquid Foams by the Determination of Surface Rheological Properties of Surfactant Solutions Characterization of liquid foams en    
AR248 2005 Interfacial Tension as a Predictor of the Completeness of Pore Wetting in Epoxy Resin Impregnated Non-Woven Glass Wetting in composite fabrication en    
AR246 2005 Stretching Exercises for Drops Elongational rheology of interfaces as a method for characterizing surfactants en de  
AR245 2005 The Role of Surfactants, Adhesion Energy and Interfacial Tensions in Fiber Coating Applications Coating of fibers en    
AR244 2005 Landing on the Point or Characterization of Microscopically Small Surfaces by Means of Contact Angle Measurement Characterization of microscopically small surfaces en de  
AR243 2004 Choosing a Corrosion Prevention Compound Surface science helping to preserve aeronautical equipment en    
AR240 2004 Wettability of Swellable Nonwovens - Determination of Contact Angle Against Swellable Nonwoven Material Characterization of swellable nonwovens en    
AR239 2003 Surface Energy Characterization and Adhesion Properties of High Viscosity Ink Pastes Characterization of viscous ink pastes en    
AR238 2003 Contact Angle Measurement at High Temperatures Measuring the contact angle of slag melts on graphite and aluminum oxide carrier materials en de  
AR236 2003 The Washburn “C” Factor for Characterization of Porous Coatings Characterization of porous coatings en    
AR235 2003 Interfacial Tension and Wetting in Liquid-Liquid Separation Technology Interfacial tension under non-standard pressure conditions en de  
AR234 2003 Determination of the Surface Free Energy of Electronic Components A method for evaluating their wetting and adhesive behavior with embedding compounds and adhesives en de  
AR232 2003 Adhesion Energy and Interfacial Tension Two related coating/substrate interfacial properties en    
AR231 2003 Assessing the Cleaning Ability of Aqueous Surfactant Solutions on Soiled Hydrophobic Textile Fabrics by Using Contact Angle and Surface Tension Measurements Cleaning of textiles en de  
AR230 2002 The Contact Angle: Assessment of the Wetting Behavior of Coating Materials Characterization of dirt-repellent coatings   de  
AR229 2000 Contact Angle Measurements on Large Surfaces en de  
AR228 2002 Characterization of Wettability and Surface Properties of Textile Fabrics and Fibers Wetting of textiles and fibers en de  
AR227 2002 Phase Boundaries Under Pressure Enhanced oil recovery en de  
AR225 2001 Mobile Characterization of Anti-Adhesive Properties of Sanitary Ceramics Characterization of anti-adhesive coatings   de  
AR224 2001 Dispersibility Predictions – Some Practical Examples Wettability tests for carbon black samples in different polymers en de  
AR223 2001 Wetting and Adhesion of Hotmelts – Optimization Using Surface Tension Measurement at High Temperature Wetting and adhesion of hotmelts en de  
AR222 2000 How Absorbent Are Diapers? en de  
AR221 2000 Wettabilities and Surface Tensions of Different Paper Types Characterization of coated papers en    
AR218 2000 Optimization of Anti-Graffiti Coatings Based on Silicone-Hybrid Systems Protective polymer coating en    
AR215 2000 Calculation of Diffusion-Coefficients From the Maximum Bubble Pressure Experiment for Pure n-Alkyl-β-D-Glucosides Diffusion coefficient of surfactants en    
AR213 2000 Two-Component Surface Energy Characterization as a Predictor of Wettability and Dispersability Predicting the dispersability of particles en    
AR212 1999 Fountain Solutions for Offset Printing en    
AR211 1999 Surface Characterization in Biomedical Engineering en    
AR210 1999 Measuring Surface Tension and Critical Micelle Concentration on Cationic Surfactant Solutions Characterization of cationic surfactants en    
AR208 1999 Contact Angle Measurement of Spice Oil on Powder Carrier Systems Wettability of powder en    
AR207 1998 Applications of Sessile-Drop and Pendant-Drop Techniques in Offset Printing Technology Characterization of an offset printing process en    
AR206 1996 Contact Angle Determinations by the “Straw” Method and Packed Cell Method Good alternatives to arduous single fiber contact angle experiments en    
AR205 1996 Membrane Wettability Studied using the KRÜSS Force Tensiometer – K100 en    
AR204 1996 Synergistic Aspects of Surfactant Mixtures The anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate and the cationic surfactant dodecyl trimethylammonium bromide en    
AR203 1995 The Effects of Ageing on the Properties of Soybean Based Cooking Oils An Example of the Application of Dynamic Tensiometry to Problems that Cannot Be Solved by Static Tensiometry en    
AR202 1995 Surface Tensiometry as a Technique for the Study of Polymer/Surfactant Interactions in Solution Aqueous solutions of non-ionic polymers and non-ionic surfactants en    
AR201 1995 Critical Micelle Concentration as a Function of Head Group Size for Alkyl Alcohol Ethoxylates Characterization of surfactants en    
AR101 1994 Evaluating Silicone Hair Treatments Wetting of single hair samples en    

 

Technical Notes

 

Report Year Title English German
TN319 2018 Dosing Falling Drops with a Defined Volume for Contact and Roll-Off Angles Exact repeatability thanks to software-based generation of drops  en de
TN318 2017 Inline Process Control of Wettability by Means of Contact Angle Measurement on Moving Surfaces The fast Liquid Needle dosing technique and a flexible software interface pave the way for integrated quality testing en de
TN317 2012 Inclination to Know-How Roll-off or sliding angle and dynamic contact angles en de
TN316 2010 Determining the Surface Tension of Liquids by Measurements on Pendant Drops Pendant drop measurements en de
TN315 2008 Custom-Made Models: From Contact Angle to Surface Free Energy Practical contact angle measurement (5) en de
TN314 2008 Measuring with Method – but with Which One? Practical contact angle measurement (4) en de
TN313 2007 The Eye Also Measures Practical contact angle measurement (3) en de
TN312 2007 Measurement with Nicely Deposited Drops Practical contact angle measurement (2) en de
TN311 2007 With Care to Accuracy: Preparations and General Conditions for Contact Angle Measurements Practical contact angle measurement (1) en de
TN310 2004 Effect of Drop Volume on Static Contact Angles en  
TN308 2004 Rings Are for Fingers – Plates Are for Surface Tension Force tensiometry with ring and plate en  
TN307 2004 Considerations Before Making Non-Equilibrium Surface Tension Measurements Dynamic surface tension of liquids en  
TN306 1999 So You Want to Measure Surface Energy? A tutorial designed to provide basic understanding of the concept of solid surface energy, and its many complications  en  
TN303 1996 A Practical Comparison of the Techniques Used to Measure Contact Angles for Liquids on Non-Porous Solids Comparison of Wilhelmy and sessile drop technique en  
TN302 1996 Wettability Studies for Porous Solids Including Powders and Fibrous Materials Washburn measurements on porous solids en  
TN301 1995 Avoiding Contamination when Performing Automated Critical Micelle Concentration Experiments A guideline for obtaining proper results en  

 

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