Thickness-controlled hydrophobicity of fibrous Parylene-C films

Materials Letters

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1063-1065

  Wei, Lai ^a   Parhi, Purnendu ^b   Vogler, Erwin A ^b   Ritty, Timothy M ^c   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Columnar thin film; Parylene; Wettability control

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; COLUMNAR MORPHOLOGY; COLUMNAR THIN FILMS; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; OBLIQUE-ANGLE DEPOSITION; OXYGEN PLASMAS; PARYLENE C; PARYLENES; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SURFACE WETTABILITY; THICKNESS OF THE FILM; TOP SURFACE; WETTABILITY CONTROL;

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 77949488324     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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