Total re-establishment of superhydrophobicity of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes by Co2 laser treatment

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 204, Issue 18-19, 2010, Pages 3073-3077

  Ramos, S C ^a,b   Vasconcelos, G ^c   Antunes, E F ^a,d   Lobo, A O ^a,d   Trava Airoldi, V J ^a   Corat, E J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Microwave plasma CVD; Superhydrophobic surfaces; Vertically aligned multi walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; ATOMIC FORCE; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; LASER TREATMENT; MICROWAVE PLASMA; MICROWAVE PLASMA CVD; OXYGEN PLASMAS; SUPER-HYDROPHILIC; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE ENERGIES; VERTICALLY-ALIGNED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROWAVES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXYGEN; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMAS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77953357760     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2010.02.065     Document Type: Article

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