Contact angle hysteresis can tell you about the homogeneity of your surface coating.
Anti-fogging coatings can be studied with contact angle measurements.
Depending on the strength of these forces, the adhesion failure can be either adhesive, cohesive, or substrate failure.
Picoliter dispenser can be used to facilitate contact angle measurements on small areas.
Hydrophilic surface properties are needed in many different applications ranging from biomedical devices to marine engineering.
One of the main challenges in PCB manufacturing is the adhesion of the conformal coating. Contact angle measurements can be used to predict adhesion.
HMDS is used to render the surface of silicon more hydrophobic and thus to match better with the chemistry of the photoresist.
One should always measure the advancing and the receding contact angle to get the true picture of the surface wettability.
Contact angle measurements can be used in electronic manufacturing to check the surface properties of the substrate prior to the next process step.