Wetting of nanotubes

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-265

  Bekou, Sofia ^a   Mattia, Davide ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Nanotube arrays; Superhydrophobicity; Titania nanotubes; Wetting

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; CRITICAL REVIEW; NANO CHANNELS; NANOMETRES; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; RESEARCH AREAS; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; TITANIA NANOTUBES; WETTING BEHAVIOUR;

CARBON NANOTUBES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

WETTING;

BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE; CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOCHANNEL; NANOTUBE; POLYMER; TITANIA NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONTACT ANGLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 79960696722     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2011.01.009     Document Type: Review

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