Wetting Experiments (Hardcover)

Introduction

　Chapter 1

1. A Nondestructive Approach To Characterize Deposits on Various Surfaces
2. A Surface Energetic Criterion of Blood Compatibility of Foreign Surfaces
3. Surface Characterization of Solids in the Aqueous Environment
4. Preparation and Characterization of Thin Film Surface Coatings for Biological Environments

Chapter 2

1. Environmentally Induced Restructuring of Polymer Surfaces and Its Influence On Their Wetting Characteristics in an Aqueous Environment
2. Surface Restructuring of Polymeric Solids and its Effect on the Stability of the Polymer- Water Interface
3. Stability of Polymeric Surfaces Subjected To Ultraviolet-Irradiation
4. Estimation of the Equilibrium Surface Free Energy Components of Restructuring Solid Surfaces
5. Surface Restructuring of Polymers
6. Adsorption of Proteins onto Polymeric Surfaces of Different Hydrophilicities - A Case Study with Bovine Serum Albumin

Chapter 3

1. Redispersion of Platinum Crystallites Supported on Alumina - Role of Wetting
2. Redispersion of PT/Alumina via Film Formation
3. Events Observed and Evidence for Crystallite Migration in PT/Al₂0₃ Catalysts
4. Role of Physical and Chemical Interactions in the Behavior of Supported Metal-Catalysts: Iron on Alumina ? A Case Study
5. Wetting Phenomena during Alternating Heating In O₂ and H₂ of Supported Metal Crystallites
6. The Behavior of Model Ag/Al₂0₃ Catalysts In Various Chemical Environments

　

7. Role of Wetting in Sintering and Redispersion of Supported Metal Crystallites
8. Optimum Design of Zeolite Silica-Alumina Catalysts
9. Effect of the Strong Metal Support Interactions on the Behavior of Model Nickel/Titania Catalysts
10. Simulation of the Behavior of Supported Metal Catalysts in Real Reaction Atmospheres by Means of Model Catalysts