Table 1 Contact Angle Measurements and Surface Energy Calculation for a Plasma-Polymerized Polythiophene Thin Film and a Silicone Substrate.

From: Growth kinetics of plasma-polymerized films

Materials

Water contact angle (°)

Diiodomethane Contact angle (°)

Dispersive

Polar

Surface energy (mJ/m2)

Bare silicon wafer

26.5

44.1

26.9

39.2

66.1

Thiophene film with deposition time of 10 s

73.7

34.6

38.2

6.2

44.4

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