Wettability of graphene

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1509-1515

  Raj, Rishi ^a   Maroo, Shalabh C ^b   Wang, Evelyn N ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

contact angle; continuum model; copper; Graphene; molecular dynamics simulations; silica; wetting

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COATINGS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; COPPER; GRAPHENE; HEAT TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE DEFECTS; WETTING;

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; CONTINUUM MODEL; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; GRAPHENE COATINGS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATION; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; SURFACE COATINGS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

CONTACT ANGLE;

GRAPHITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY; ARTICLE;

GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84876064069     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl304647t     Document Type: Article

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