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    Susanna Laurén

    Susanna Laurén

    Susanna is an Application Scientist at Biolin Scientific. In her PhD thesis, she developed fabrication methods for a new type of inorganic-organic polymers. Microfabricated polymer chips were utilized as tool for biomolecule separation in analytical chemistry.

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    Why is surface tension important?

    The blog post describes what is surface tension and why is surface tension important in many industrial processes

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    Hydrophilic and hydrophobic membranes: What’s the difference?

    This difference in wettability is key in determining how each membrane is used.

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    Effect of drop volume on contact angle

    Drop volume can have an effect on contact angles on certain surfaces.

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    What is surface pressure - area isotherm?

    Surface pressure—area isotherm can be defined as a measurement at a constant temperature of surface pressure, as a function of the available area for each molecule in Langmuir film.

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    What is a Langmuir-Blodgett film?

    A Langmuir-Blodgett film can be defined as one or more monolayers of material deposited from a liquid surface onto a solid substrate.

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    History of Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films

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    How to utilize contact angles in surface characterization: Receding contact angle

    Receding contact angle is the lowest possible contact angle on a given surface. Receding angle is measured on previously wetted surface.

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    How to utilize contact angles in surface characterization: Advancing contact angle

    Advancing contact angle is the highest possible contact angle measured on a previously unwetted solid surface.

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    How to utilize contact angles in surface characterization: Roughness corrected contact angle

    Roughness corrected contact angle, is an angle where the effect of surface roughness is taken away.

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