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Hydrophilic Surface Wettability Characteristics for Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films Doped with Glycerol Plasticizer

Version 1 : Received: 24 May 2024 / Approved: 24 May 2024 / Online: 24 May 2024 (11:25:10 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 25 September 2024 / Approved: 25 September 2024 / Online: 26 September 2024 (17:00:45 CEST)

How to cite: Al-Haik, M. Y.; Al Hatti, A.; Hamdan, M. O.; Haik, Y.; Kabir, M. M.; Islam, M. M. Hydrophilic Surface Wettability Characteristics for Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films Doped with Glycerol Plasticizer. Preprints 2024, 2024051636. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1636.v2 Al-Haik, M. Y.; Al Hatti, A.; Hamdan, M. O.; Haik, Y.; Kabir, M. M.; Islam, M. M. Hydrophilic Surface Wettability Characteristics for Poly(vinyl alcohol) Films Doped with Glycerol Plasticizer. Preprints 2024, 2024051636. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1636.v2

Abstract

This paper addresses the capability to alter the hydrophilic wettability characteristics of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) polymer films doped with glycerol. Films of PVA and glycerol-choline chloride (GCC) blends have been prepared using the solution casting method with different glycerol dopants ranging from 0% to 10% (wt %). The results show that as the GCC dopant content increases from 0% to 10%, the wettability increases, thus increasing the surface energy of the solid film. The wettability changes are observed by identifying the contact angle of 10 µL deionized water droplet which altered from 55o to 28o as dopant content changed from 0% to 10% per PVA solution weight. The results show that the roughness of film surfaces increases as the content of dopant (GCC) increases in the film indicating that roughness has a strong influence on the wettability of the casted films.

Keywords

Wettability; Surface Tension; Contact Angle; PVA Film; glycerol

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics

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