Fluorocarbon plasmas for nanotexturing of polymers: A route to water-repellent antireflective surfaces

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 5461-5465

  Di Mundo, Rosa ^a   De Benedictis, Vincenzo ^a   Palumbo, Fabio ^b   d'Agostino, Riccardo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b Plasmas (IMIP) CNR   (Italy)

^c Plasma Solution Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

C 4 F 8 deposition; CF 4 plasma etching; Polystyrene; Super hydrophobic; Water contact angle

Indexed keywords

PLASMA ETCHING; POLYSTYRENES;

ANTIREFLECTIVE SURFACES; FLUOROCARBON FILMS; FLUOROCARBON PLASMA; RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMA; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 61349172477     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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