A novel and inexpensive technique for creating superhydrophobic surfaces using Teflon and sandpaper

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Nilsson, Michael A ^a   Daniello, Robert J ^a   Rothstein, Jonathan P ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; GRIT SIZE; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; LENGTH SCALE; ROUGHENED SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYSTERESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 74849109385     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/4/045301     Document Type: Article

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