title: Wettability, FTIR and dielectric studies of 1,4-dioxane and water system.
abstract: Wettability studies are of importance for electronic devices. Various methods are known to convert the hydrophobic substrates to hydrophilic substrates, but the studies on the relative dependence of wettability with varying concentrations of an aqueous system are meager. The wetting of different substrates with varying concentration of 1,4-dioxane in water is investigated and the results of concentration dependence of wetting are presented. The FTIR spectrum shows a blue shift of the OH peak--a feature typical of aqueous-1,4-dioxane systems. Concentration dependence of dielectric permittivity of this system also showed an anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Mizoram University, Aizawl 796 009, India. madhurima.v@gmail.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Madhurima
authors.forename: Debarun Dhar
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Purkayastha
authors.forename: N V S
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Rao