Abstract:

The dataset contains numerical data for the adhesion force of an oil drop to flat silicon surfaces of different surface of varying degrees of hydrophobocity. This data supports the paper "Interaction of Oil Drops with Surfaces of Different Interfacial Energy and Topography" DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00051

Suggested Citation:

Cremaldi, Joseph, Khosla, Tushar, Jin, Kejia, Cutting, David and Wollman, Kristen. 2015. Dataset supporting the publication "Interaction of Oil Drops with Surfaces of Different Interfacial Energy and Topography.. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7668B5R

Publications:

Cremaldi, J. C., Khosla, T., Jin, K., Cutting, D., Wollman, K., & Pesika, N. (2015). Interaction of Oil Drops with Surfaces of Different Interfacial Energy and Topography. Langmuir, 31(11), 3385–3390. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00051

Purpose:

Our objective in this work was to gain a better understanding of how oil drops in an aqueous environment would interact with a variety of marine surfaces with different surface energies and topographies. We show that the more hydrophobic a surface, the greater is the interaction of the oil drop. We also show that surface structure can reduce the interaction with oil.

Data Parameters and Units:

Force (mN), Water contact angle of surface (degrees)

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