Improved aging performance of vapor phase deposited hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 257, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4331-4338

  Gnanappa, Arun Kumar ^a   O'Murchu, Cian ^a   Slattery, Orla ^a   Peters, Frank ^a   O'Hara, Tony ^b   Aszalós Kiss, Balázs ^c   Tofail, Syed A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Memsstar Technology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Aging; Annealing; Atomic force microscopy; Contact angle; FOTS; Hydrophobic coating; Mounds; Self assembled monolayer (SAM); Thin films; XPS

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGING OF MATERIALS; ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AGING CHARACTERISTICS; FOTS; HYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; HYDROPHOBIC STABILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MOUNDS; SPONTANEOUS FORMATION; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 78951495390     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.12.052     Document Type: Article

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