Super-hydrophobic multi-walled carbon nanotube coatings for stainless steel

Nanotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2015, Pages

  De Nicola, Francesco ^a,b   Castrucci, Paola ^a,b   Scarselli, Manuela ^a,b   Nanni, Francesca ^a   Cacciotti, Ilaria ^c   De Crescenzi, Maurizio ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c Universitá di Roma Niccoló Cusano   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

CVD direct growth; hierarchical surface; multi walled carbon nanotube; Salvinia effect; stainless steel; super hydrophobic; thin film

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONTACT ANGLE; FILM GROWTH; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; YARN;

AISI 316 STAINLESS STEEL; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); DIRECT GROWTH; HIERARCHICAL SURFACES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; SALVINIA EFFECT; SUPER HYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84925777379     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/14/145701     Document Type: Article

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