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Article

Publication Date

Fall 11-9-2012

Abstract

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging of isolated submicron dodecyltrichlorosilane coated silica spheres, immobilized at the liquid polystyrene- (PS-) air interface at the PS glass transition temperature, Tg , allows for determination of the contact angle θ versus particle radius R . At Tg , all θ versus R measurements are well described by the modified Young’s equation for a line tension τ=0.93  nN . The AFM measurements are also consistent with a minimum contact angle θmin and minimum radius Rmin , below which single isolated silica spheres cannot exist at the PS-air interface.

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The copy of record is available from the publisher at http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.196101. Copyright © 2012 American Physical Society. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

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