Determination of contact angles, silane coverage, and hydrophobicity heterogeneity of methylated quartz surfaces using ToF-SIMS

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 7360-7367

  Brito E Abreu, Susana ^a   Skinner, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-LINE; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; MICROMETER SCALE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESS; QUARTZ SURFACES; RECEDING CONTACT; SURFACE COVERAGES; TIME OF FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOF SIMS; TOF-SIMS ANALYSIS;

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; QUARTZ; SILICON CARBIDE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84861149835     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la300352f     Document Type: Article

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