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Wetting phenomenon in nanoporous gold films

Wetting phenomenon in nanoporous gold films
Wetting phenomenon in nanoporous gold films
We have fabricated nanoporous gold (np-Au) films on silicon wafers by dealloying films formed by simultaneous sputter deposition of gold and silver. We report an interesting wetting phenomenon observed after placing a droplet of liquid on the np-Au film surface. As a droplet was dispensed onto the surface, wetting equilibrium was quickly reached and a wetting halo appeared with its perimeter equidistant from the perimeter of the droplet. Non-porous gold control samples did not display such behavior. This phenomenon was systematically studied by dispensing liquid droplets with different surface tensions and then measuring the width of the wetting halo. It was observed that halo width increased with surface tension. Experiments were extended to observe the effects of film thickness and porosity on the halo width. The width increased as film thickness increased. The relationship between the width and porosity was inconclusive due to large data scatter

1938-5862
83-89
Seker, Erkin
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Utz, Marcel
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Seker, Erkin, Tauer, Tania, Zhu, Jianzhong, Begley, Matthew, Bart-Smith, Hilary, Zangari, Giovanni, Kelly, Robert G., Utz, Marcel and Reed, Michael L. (2007) Wetting phenomenon in nanoporous gold films. ECS Transactions, 6 (11), 83-89. (doi:10.1149/1.2790417).

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We have fabricated nanoporous gold (np-Au) films on silicon wafers by dealloying films formed by simultaneous sputter deposition of gold and silver. We report an interesting wetting phenomenon observed after placing a droplet of liquid on the np-Au film surface. As a droplet was dispensed onto the surface, wetting equilibrium was quickly reached and a wetting halo appeared with its perimeter equidistant from the perimeter of the droplet. Non-porous gold control samples did not display such behavior. This phenomenon was systematically studied by dispensing liquid droplets with different surface tensions and then measuring the width of the wetting halo. It was observed that halo width increased with surface tension. Experiments were extended to observe the effects of film thickness and porosity on the halo width. The width increased as film thickness increased. The relationship between the width and porosity was inconclusive due to large data scatter

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Published date: 2007
Organisations: Magnetic Resonance

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Local EPrints ID: 355552
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/355552
ISSN: 1938-5862
PURE UUID: b38806dc-f366-423b-9e35-581f269441c8
ORCID for Marcel Utz: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2274-9672

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Date deposited: 18 Oct 2013 15:38
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:44

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Author: Erkin Seker
Author: Tania Tauer
Author: Jianzhong Zhu
Author: Matthew Begley
Author: Hilary Bart-Smith
Author: Giovanni Zangari
Author: Robert G. Kelly
Author: Marcel Utz ORCID iD
Author: Michael L. Reed

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