Controlling the surface topology and hence the hydrophobicity of amorphous carbon thin films

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1025-1031

  Banerjee, D ^a   Mukherjee, S ^a   Chattopadhyay, K K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AMORPHOUS CARBON THIN FILMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHILIC REGIONS; POLAR COMPONENTS; SI SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE TOPOLOGY;

ACETYLENE; AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROL SURFACES; FILM PREPARATION; GLYCEROL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LIGHTING; PLASMA DEPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TOPOLOGY;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 74149090854     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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