Direct imaging of complex nano- to microscale interfaces involving solid, liquid, and gas phases

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 9326-9334

  Rykaczewski, Konrad ^a,b   Landin, Trevan ^c   Walker, Marlon L ^b   Scott, John Henry J ^b   Varanasi, Kripa K ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

complex nanostructures; cryo FIB SEM; lubricant impregnated surfaces; nanoscale water condensation; superhydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

CLATHRATE HYDRATE; COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURES; CRYO-FIB/SEM; DIRECT IMAGING; FLUIDIC INTERFACE; FOCUSED ION BEAM MILLING; GAS PHASIS; INTERFACIAL GEOMETRY; INTERFACIAL REGION; MICRO-SCALE IMAGING; MICRO-SCALES; NANO SCALE; NANOSCALE RESOLUTIONS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SEM IMAGING; SPECIAL SURFACES; SUPER-HYDROPHILIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; WATER CONDENSATION; WETTING PROPERTY;

HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLID LUBRICANTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WETTING;

PHASE INTERFACES;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHASE TRANSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84867750788     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304250e     Document Type: Article

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