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Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicy of Regular Nanopatterns

Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicy of Regular Nanopatterns
Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicy of Regular Nanopatterns
The hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, and sliding behaviour of water droplets on nanoasperities of controlled dimensions were investigated experimentally. We show that the "hemi-wicking"theory for hydrophilic SiO2 samples successfully predicts the experimental advancing angles and that the same patterns, after silanization, become superhydrophobic in agreement with the Cassie-Baxter and Wenzel theories. Our model tophographies have the same dimensional scale of some naturally occurring structures that exhibit similar wetting properties. Our results confirm that a forest of hydrophilic/hydrophobic slender pillars is the most effective superwettable/water-repellent configuration. It is shown that the shape and curvature of the edges of the aspertieis play an important role in determining the advancing angles.
1530-6984
2097-2103
Martines, Elena
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Gadegaard, Nikolaj
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Gadegaard, Nikolaj
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Martines, Elena, Seunarine, Kris, Morgan, Hywel, Gadegaard, Nikolaj, Wilkinson, Chris DW and Riehle, Mathis O (2005) Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicy of Regular Nanopatterns. Nano Letters, 5 (10), 2097-2103.

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The hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, and sliding behaviour of water droplets on nanoasperities of controlled dimensions were investigated experimentally. We show that the "hemi-wicking"theory for hydrophilic SiO2 samples successfully predicts the experimental advancing angles and that the same patterns, after silanization, become superhydrophobic in agreement with the Cassie-Baxter and Wenzel theories. Our model tophographies have the same dimensional scale of some naturally occurring structures that exhibit similar wetting properties. Our results confirm that a forest of hydrophilic/hydrophobic slender pillars is the most effective superwettable/water-repellent configuration. It is shown that the shape and curvature of the edges of the aspertieis play an important role in determining the advancing angles.

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Published date: December 2005
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 263182
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/263182
ISSN: 1530-6984
PURE UUID: b74fef99-676c-4dda-957e-757c73800f18
ORCID for Hywel Morgan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4850-5676

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Date deposited: 14 Nov 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:18

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Author: Elena Martines
Author: Kris Seunarine
Author: Hywel Morgan ORCID iD
Author: Nikolaj Gadegaard
Author: Chris DW Wilkinson
Author: Mathis O Riehle

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