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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Surface energies and the Lifshitz–van der Waals (\( \gamma_{\text{L}}^{\text{LW}} \)), Lewis acid–base (\( \gamma_{\text{S}}^{\text{AB}} \)), electron acceptor (\( \gamma_{\text{L}}^{ + } \)), and electron donor (\( \gamma_{\text{L}}^{ - } \)) components of samples

From: Improvement of surface photostability of bamboo scrimber by application of organic UV absorber coatings

Samples

\( \gamma_{\text{S}} \) (mJ m2)

\( \gamma_{\text{S}}^{\text{LW}} \) (mJ m2)

\( \gamma_{\text{S}}^{\text{AB}} \) (mJ m2)

\( \gamma_{\text{S}}^{ + } \) (mJ m2)

\( \gamma_{\text{S}}^{ - } \) (mJ m2)

Unaged A

18.12

24.33

− 6.21

0.34

27.95

Unaged B

29.31

31.22

− 1.91

0.15

6.00

Unaged C

27.89

29.99

− 2.10

0.17

6.36

Unaged D

29.25

30.23

− 0.99

0.05

4.97

Aged A

16.61

22.65

− 6.04

0.53

17.33

Aged B

33.09

33.71

− 0.63

0.007

13.51

Aged C

30.45

32.16

− 1.70

0.07

10.15

Aged D

30.67

31.05

− 0.38

0.004

8.52