Abstract
Silanization has rendered spherical (75 ± 5 μm diameter) glass particles to be weakly (sample A, ϑ = 55°), moderately (sample B, ϑ = 72°), and highly (sample C, ϑ = 90°) hydrophobic. Nonequilibrium surface pressure (Π) vs surface area (A) isotherms have been determined for monoparticulate layers which were prepared from samples A, B, and C at water−air interfaces in a Langmuir film balance. The effect of hydrophobicity on the particle−particle interaction and on the energy (Er) which is necessary for the removal of a particle from the water−air interface (particle−subphase interaction) has been elucidated. Contact cross-sectional areas (CCSA), surface coverages (SC), and collapse energies (Ec), evaluated from Π vs A isotherms, provided semiquantitative information on the structural strength. Monoparticulate layers which were formed from the most hydrophobic glass spheres (sample C) had a structural strength which was almost 5 times greater than that of those which were formed from the least hydrophobic sa...
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