Evidence of wettability variation on carbon nanofiber layers grown on oxidized silicon substrates

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 227, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-65

  Nair, H ^a   Tiggelaar, R M ^a   Thakur, D B ^a   Gardeniers, J G E ^a   van Houselt, A ^a   Lefferts, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber growth; Microfluidic devices; Superhydrophobicity; Tunable wettability

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; OXIDIZED SILICON SUBSTRATES; POST-SYNTHESIS TREATMENT; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES; TUNABLE WETTABILITIES; WETTABILITY VARIATION;

ADHESION; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ETHYLENE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDROPHOBICITY; NICKEL; SILICON OXIDES; THIN FILMS;

WETTING;

EID: 84879845894     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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