Growing hydrophobicity on a smooth copper oxide thin film at room temperature and reversible wettability transition

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-92

  Tu, Sheng Hung ^a   Wu, Hsing Chen ^b   Wu, Cyuan Jhang ^a   Cheng, Shao Liang ^a   Sheng, Yu Jane ^c   Tsao, Heng Kwong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Advanced Technology Materials Inc   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Growing hydrophobicity; Reversible wetting transition; Smooth CuO film; Superhydrophilicity

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXIDATION; THIN FILMS; WETTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITION CHANGES; REVERSIBLE WETTING; SUPER-HYDROPHILIC; SUPER-HYDROPHILICITY; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 84922559574     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.07.183     Document Type: Article

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