Have a look at Wendy C. Duncan-Hewitt's paper "Nature of the hydrophobic
effect" in Microbial Cell Surface Hydrophobicity, Doyle, R.J. &
Rosenberg, M. (Eds). 1990 Am. Soc. Microbiol.
It's not easy going, but explained a lot for me.
Regards
John
Alfred Ogola Okello wrote:
> Dear Sir,
>> Ref: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/biofilms/1998-September/000364.html>> I am having trouble understanding the concept of surface energy (SE).
> SE seems to mean the same thing as bonding potentiel.
> What confuses me is that while hydrophobicity increases as SE
> decreases, adhesion seems to increases. Why does adhesion increase
> when the bonding potentiel (SE)decreases. I thought that the trend
> should be the reverse. Moreover, I think that it contradicts the
> hydrophobicity theory: adhesion of water decreases as the SE decreases.
>> Please make it clear for me; maybe I am missing out on something.
>> Best regards,
>> Alfred
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