Micro/nano engineering on stainless steel substrates to produce superhydrophobic surfaces

• Published in: Thin solid films Vol. 520; no. 5; pp. 1520 - 1524
• Main Authors: Beckford, Samuel, Zou, Min
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 30.12.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aluminum; Carbon; Composition and phase identification; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Exact sciences and technology; Fluorination; Micro-scale topography; Nano-scale topography; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Physics; Solid-fluid interfaces; Stainless steel; Stainless steels; Structure and morphology; thickness; Superhydrophobic; Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and whiskers (structure and nonelectronic properties); Thin film structure and morphology; Topography; Water contact angle; Wetting; Water contact angle; Superhydrophobic; Micro-scale topography; Nano-scale topography; Stainless steel; Scanning electron microscopy; Wetting; Crystallization; Roughness; Hydrophobic compound; Surface treatments; Aluminium; Contact angle; Evaporation; Carbon; Stainless steels; Thin films; Wettability; Topography; Chemical composition; Silicon; Profilometry

Creating micro-/nano-scale topography on material surfaces to change their wetting properties has been a subject of much interest in recent years . Wenzel in 1936 and Cassie and Baxter in 1944 proposed that by microscopically increasing the surface roughness of a substrate, it is possible to increas...