Effects of long pulse width and high pulsing frequency on surface superhydrophobicity of polytetrafluoroethylene in quasi-direct-current plasma immersion ion implantation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Kwok, Dixon T K ^a   Wang, Huaiyu ^a   Zhang, Yumei ^a,b   Yeung, Kelvin W K ^a   Chu, Paul K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION BOMBARDMENT; ION IMPLANTATION; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING;

DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DIRECT CURRENTS; DUTY CYCLES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; ION BEAM EFFECTS; LONG PULSE; LOW FREQUENCIES; NANOMETER STRUCTURES; OXYGEN PLASMA IMMERSIONS; PLASMA IMMERSION ION IMPLANTATIONS; PLASMA MODIFICATIONS; PULSING FREQUENCIES; SAMPLE HEATING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; SHORT PULSE; SUB MICROMETERS; SUPER HYDROPHOBICITIES; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC; WATER CONTACT ANGLES;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 62549160417     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3082122     Document Type: Article

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