Reentrant wetting transition on surfactant solution surfaces
2006
The wetting of polydimethylsiloxane oil drops on the surfaces of anionic surfactant sodium dodecylsulfate solutions is studied systematically by changing the bulk surfactant concentration. The wetting state changes from complete wetting to pseudopartial wetting at 0.3cmc (critical micelle concentration) surfactant concentration and there is a reentrant transition back to complete wetting at 1.4cmc. The measured free energy is consistent with the prediction of the wetting theory. The interaction potential minimum of the two surfaces of the oil film disappears at the reentrant point, which is speculated to be an effect of micelle formation in the solution.
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