The preparation of a superhydrophilic carbon film from a superhydrophobic lotus leaf

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1848-1850

  Wang, Shutao ^a,b,c   Zhu, Ying ^a,b   Xia, Fan ^a,b,c   Xi, Jinming ^b,d   Wang, Nü ^a,b,c   Feng, Lin ^a,b   Jiang, Lei ^a,b,d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon films; Heat treatment; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface properties; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646465693     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2006.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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