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(a)
Adhesive
Fibre
Upper level of washing
Upper level of dipping/treatment
Dipping
(b)
Figure5.1
Schematicrepresentationofhowafibreisplacedbetweentwolayersofadhesive
tape (a). The fibre is treated in themicrobalancewith the polyelectrolytes and thenwith a
subsequentwashingstage(b).Sincetheassemblyofadhesiveandfibreisattachedtotheload
cell in themicrobalance, it is possible to determine the difference inwetting of the treated
and nontreatedparts respectively and to estimate the contact angle betweenwater and the
fibre.Reprintedfrom(29).Copyright(2006),withpermissionfromElsevier.
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