The wetting behaviors of surfaces, such as polymers, hydrogels, and metals, can be correlated to their bonding ability to adhesives, to other surfaces, and to their biocompatibility.
In academia and industry, one widely used method to determine how a liquid wets or adheres to a surface is the sessile drop technique. For instance, the hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity of tooth implant materials has been shown to correlate to their degree of contact with their physiological surroundings, and this method can be used to probe such surface property.
The sessile drop method may also provide information on surface free energy — an important parameter for the surface treatment of material used in medical devices. Medical device developers can use this information to optimize surface treatment and bonding of adhesives on surfaces.
What you can expect
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Product Category | Technical Courses and Programs |
Product Name | Sticky Situations: Assessing Bonding And Biocompatibility Of Medical Devices Webinar |
Type | Seminar or Conference |