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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	en
AR229	2000	Contact Angle Measurements on Large Surfaces 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	en
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 Fountain solutions for offset printing	en
AR211	1999	Surface Characterization in Biomedical Engineering 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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