The Effect of Adsorbed Volatile Organic Compounds on an Ultrathin Water Film Measurement

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 10; no. 17; p. 5981
• Main Authors: Ahangar, Shahab Bayani, Jeong, Chan Ho, Long, Fei, Allen, Jeffrey S., Lee, Seong Hyuk, Choi, Chang Kyoung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Acetone; Adsorption; Air plasma; Atomic force microscopy; CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Cleaning; Contact angle; Deionization; dropwise condensation; ENGINEERING; Gold coatings; Humidity; Hydrocarbons; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Isopropanol; Isopropyl alcohol; Light microscopy; MATERIALS SCIENCE; Microscopy; monolayer; Monolayers; nucleation; Optical microscopy; Organic compounds; Photoelectrons; Physics; Plasma; Surface chemistry; surface homogeneity; Surface plasmon resonance; Surface roughness; surface treatment; thin film measurement; Thin films; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Water film; XPS; United States > US

Using surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRi), we have recently shown for the first time the existence of a monolayer water film between droplets during dropwise condensation. This study examines the effect of adsorbed volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on the ultrathin film measurement using SPRi....