Time dependent wettability of graphite upon ambient exposure: The role of water adsorption

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Amadei, Carlo A ^a   Lai, Chia Yun ^a   Heskes, Daan ^a   Chiesa, Matteo ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE; MOLECULES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

COMPLICATED SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGHLY ORDERED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITES; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; NANO-SCALE MEASUREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE CORRELATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

WETTING;

EID: 84906861600     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4893711     Document Type: Article

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63. See supplementary material at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4893711 E-JCPSA6-141-004433 for HOPG topography image and FTIR experiments at high humidity.