Mechanically robust, thermally stable, broadband antireflective, and superhydrophobic thin films on glass substrates

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9029-9035

  Xu, Ligang ^a,b   Geng, Zhi ^a,b   He, Junhui ^a   Zhou, Gang ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

broadband antireflective; mechanically robust; superhydrophobicity; thermally stable; thin films

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SUBSTRATES; TALL BUILDINGS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANTI-REFLECTIVE; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH RISE BUILDING; MECHANICALLY ROBUST; PENCIL HARDNESS TEST; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; THERMALLY STABLE; THIN FILM SURFACES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84903553737     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5016777     Document Type: Article

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