Micropatterning of superhydrophobic silicone nanofilaments by a near-ultraviolet Nd:YAG laser

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 889-894

  Stojanovic, Ana ^a   Artus, Georg R J ^a   Seeger, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

open channels; Superhydrophobic; ultraviolet (UV) laser ablation; wettability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650418254     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-0062-0     Document Type: Article

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