Superhydrophobic Carbon Nanotube Forests

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1701-1705

  Lau, Kenneth K S ^a   Bico, José ^b   Teo, Kenneth B K ^c   Chhowalla, Manish ^d   Amaratunga, Gehan A J ^c   Milne, William I ^c   McKinley, Gareth H ^b   Gleason, Karen K ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLITEF; WATER;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATERIAL COATING; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBE; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0347992816     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034704t     Document Type: Article

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