Superhydrophobic micro/nano dual-scale structures
In this paper, we present superhydrophobic micro/nano dual structures (MNDS). By KOH-etching of silicon, well-designed microstructures, including inverted pyramids and V-shape grooves, are first fabricated with certain geometry sizes. Nanostructures made of high-compact high-aspect-ratio nanopillars...
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Published in | Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 1539 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
01.02.2013
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Summary: | In this paper, we present superhydrophobic micro/nano dual structures (MNDS). By KOH-etching of silicon, well-designed microstructures, including inverted pyramids and V-shape grooves, are first fabricated with certain geometry sizes. Nanostructures made of high-compact high-aspect-ratio nanopillars are then formed atop microstructures by an improved controllable deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) process without masks, thus forming MNDS. Resulting from both the minimized liquid-solid contact area and the fluorocarbon layer atop deposited during the DRIE process, the MNDS show a reliable superhydrophobicity. The contact angle and contact angle hysteresis are -165 degrees and less than 1 degrees, respectively. This superhydrophobicity of MNDS is very stable according to squeezing and dropping test, even in high voltage conditions with the electrowetting threshold voltage of -300 V. Therefore, this micro/nano dual-scale structure has strong potential applications to the self-cleaning surface and superhydrophobic micro/nano fluidics. |
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ISSN: | 1533-4880 |
DOI: | 10.1166/jnn.2013.5986 |