Research Article

Modeling Replenishment of Ultrathin Liquid Perfluoropolyether Z Films on Solid Surfaces Using Monte Carlo Simulation

Table 1

Division of PFPE Z molecules into beads.

MW (g/mol)384025001700

Approximate number of OCF2 per molecule39 ( )25 ( )17 ( )
Approximate number of CF2 per molecule24 ( )16 ( )11 ( )
Approximate total number of OCF2 and CF2 per molecule63 ( )41 ( )28 ( )
Number of beads per molecule1386
Approximate number of OCF2 per bead333
Approximate number of CF2 per bead222
EBL (nm)1.121.251.2