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Journal for Biophysical Chemistry

Table 2 Water contact angle and surface energy of siloxane, fluorosiloxane and SiO2 substrates used for protein adsorption studies

From: Evaluation of Protein Adsorption on Atmospheric Plasma Deposited Coatings Exhibiting Superhydrophilic to Superhydrophobic Properties

Coating

Water contact angle (°)

Surface energy (mJ m−2)

Polar (mJ m−2)

Dispersive (mJ m−2)

TEOS

<5

71.3

40.9

29.4

SiO2

24

64.9

36.8

28.1

HMDSO

96

25.1

1.3

23.8

TCFS

106

17.2

2.7

14.5

HMDSO*

154

1.2

0.03

1.2

TCFS*

156

0.8

0.02

0.79

  1. All values represent average measurements with a minimum of five measurements taken for each surface
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