Emulsifiers are surfactants that stabilize oil-water interfaces.
Surfactants are utilized in numerous products from cleaning formulations to paints and pesticides.
PFAS are often referred to as forever chemicals. Research efforts are focused on removing PFAS from the environment and finding ecological alternatives.
A wetting agent is a surface-active molecule used to reduce the surface tension of water.
This blog post discusses the importance of adhesion in the lithography process and how to predict adhesion with contact angle measurements.
HMDS is used to render the surface of silicon more hydrophobic and thus to match better with the chemistry of the photoresist.
This blog post explains the concept of RCA cleaning and it's relation to contact angle.
Contact angle measurements can be used to evaluate the cleanliness of silicon wafers.
Attension Theta Wafer offers an optical tensiometer for fully automated mapping of up to 12-inch wafers.