Photon-induced tunable and reversible wettability of pulsed laser deposited W-doped ZnO nanorods

EPJ Applied Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ngom, B D ^a,b   Sakho, O ^a   Ndiaye, S ^a   Bartali, R ^c   Diallo, A ^a   Gaye, M B ^a   Bady, S ^a   Manyala, N ^d   Maaza, M ^b   Beye, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^c FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC SURFACES; DOPING LEVELS; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; NANORODS ARRAYS; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; SURFACE WETTABILITY; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO ROD;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; GLASS LASERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANORODS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC LASERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TUNGSTEN; WATER CONTENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 80052017637     PISSN: 12860042     EISSN: 12860050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2011100296     Document Type: Article

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