March 2011
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Mar 25th
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Mar 18th
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“My dear chap, give up your ideas on big molecules. There are no organic...”
– Heinrich Wieland to Hermann Staudinger, concerning his belief in polymers.
Mar 11th
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Mar 11th
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Makin' Contact
So maybe contact angle is not the most thrilling thing I’ve ever discussed, but I’m about to be doin’ a lot of it. (mmmm…thesis) This is a water droplet on a piece of film. See how the top image has a nice sphere, and not soggy mess? That’s hydrophobicity my friends. (Contact angle greater than 90˚) As for the one below, it is hydrophilic. (Contact angle less than...
Mar 4th
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