Transparent and superhydrophobic Ta2O5 nanostructured thin films

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 214-221

  Manakasettharn, Supone ^a   Hsu, Tsung Hsing ^a   Myhre, Graham ^b   Pau, Stanley ^b   Taylor, J Ashley ^a   Krupenkin, Tom ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIZATION PROCESS; MULTI-STEP; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSPARENT FILMS; WATER REPELLENTS;

CONTACT ANGLE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL COATINGS; TANTALUM OXIDES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84862147660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000214     Document Type: Article

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