Influence of polar groups on the wetting properties of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube surfaces

Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Volumn 130, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 1061-1069

  Ramos, S C ^a,b   Lobo, A O ^c   de Vasconcelos, G ^d   Antunes, E F ^a,e   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 PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Laser irradiation; Plasma etching; Superhydrophilic; Superhydrophobic; Vertically aligned

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955168051     PISSN: 1432881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00214-011-0984-y     Document Type: Article

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