Chemical gradients on graphene to drive droplet motion

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4746-4755

  Hernández, Sandra C ^b,d   Bennett, Charlee J C ^a   Junkermeier, Chad E ^b,d   Tsoi, Stanislav D ^b   Bezares, Francisco J ^b,d   Stine, Rory ^a   Robinson, Jeremy T ^b   Lock, Evgeniya H ^b   Boris, David R ^b   Pate, Brian D ^c   Caldwell, Joshua D ^b   Reinecke, Thomas L ^b   Sheehan, Paul E ^b   Walton, Scott G ^b  

^a NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion; chemical force microscopy; chemical gradient; droplet motion; graphene; plasma functionalization; surface energy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; DIMETHYL METHYLPHOSPHONATE; DIRECTION OF MOTION; DROPLET MOTION; NERVE AGENT SIMULANTS; OXYGEN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLASMA FUNCTIONALIZATION;

ADHESION; BINDING ENERGY; DROPS; FLUORINE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; OXYGEN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

GRAPHENE;

FLUORINE; GRAPHITE; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; OXYGEN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

FLUORINE; GRAPHITE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOTION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84879661048     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304267b     Document Type: Article

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