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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Ariel-university Research and Development Company Ltd., Ariel, IL;
Edward Bormashenko, Ariel, IL;
Yelena Bormashenko, Ariel, IL;
Abstract
A method of decreasing a water contact angle and/or increasing a surface energy of a liquid is disclosed herein, the method comprising exposing the liquid to a plasma treatment. Further disclosed is a plasma-treated liquid exhibiting a decreased water contact angle and/or increased surface energy, compared to the water contact angle and/or surface energy, respectively, of a non-treated corresponding liquid. Methods for combining a first liquid and a second liquid, or for enhancing an adhesion between a liquid and a surface of another substance, the methods comprising exposing a liquid to plasma treatment, are further disclose herein, as well as a method of predicting an apparent contact angle of a liquid droplet on a surface of a substance.