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  • This study explores different anti-wetting finish methods to help choose effective chemicals that prevent liquid spreading based on various surface energy profiles.
  • It investigates the effectiveness of fluorinated and silane coatings on liquids with different surface energy components, using water, methylene iodide, and formamide as cases.
  • The research also examines how surface roughness affects wettability, finding that rougher surfaces improve anti-wetting performance, particularly for fibrous nonwoven materials.

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With various options of anti-wetting finish methods, this study intends to provide basic information that can be applied in selecting a relevant anti-wetting chemical to grant protection from spreading of liquids with different surface energy profiles. With such an aim, the anti-wetting effectiveness of fluorinated coating and silane coating was investigated for liquids having different surface energy components, water (WA), methylene iodide (MI) and formamide (FA). The wetting thermodynamics was experimentally investigated by analyzing dispersive and polar component surface energies of solids and liquids. The role of surface roughness in wettability was examined for fibrous nonwoven substrates that have varied surface roughness. The presence of roughness enhanced the anti-wetting performance of the anti-wetting treated surfaces. While the effectiveness of different anti-wetting treatments was varied depending on the liquid polarities, the distinction of different treatments was less apparent for the roughened fibrous surfaces than the film surfaces. This study provides experimental validation of wetting thermodynamics and the practical interpretation of anti-wetting finishing.

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