Superhydrophobic ZnO networks with high water adhesion

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Florica, Camelia ^a   Preda, Nicoleta ^a   Enculescu, Monica ^a   Zgura, Irina ^a   Socol, Marcela ^a   Enculescu, Ionut ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Chemical bath deposition; High water adhesion; Superhydrophobicity; ZnO rod networks

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DEPOSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CONVENTIONAL PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; HIGH WATER; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES; ZNO ROD;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84922482421     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-385     Document Type: Article

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