Fabricating superhydrophobic aluminum: An optimized one-step wet synthesis using fluoroalkyl silane

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 441, Issue , 2014, Pages 919-924

  Bernagozzi, I ^a   Antonini, C ^a,b   Villa, F ^a   Marengo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aluminum surface; Fluoroalkyl silane; Large area superhydrophobic surfaces; One step synthesis; Superhydrophobicity; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULES; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

ALUMINUM SURFACE; FLUOROALKYL SILANES; ONE STEP SYNTHESIS; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALUMINUM; FLUOROALKYL SILANE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; ONE STEP WET SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCALE UP; SOLVENT EFFECT; SURFACE TENSION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84890232875     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.05.042     Document Type: Article

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