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Inside Front Cover: Anti‐Lotus Effect for Nanostructuring at the Leidenfrost Temperature (Adv. Mater. 9/2007)
Author(s) -
Elbahri M.,
Paretkar D.,
Hirmas K.,
Jebril S.,
Adelung R.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200790033
Subject(s) - microscale chemistry , materials science , overheating (electricity) , scanning electron microscope , zinc , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , composite material , metallurgy , physics , mathematics education , mathematics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The scanning electron microscopy image (tilted, colored) shown on the inside cover depicts a ring of zinc oxide particles. This ring was obtained from a droplet of a highly diluted solution of zinc acetate by overheating on a 250°C hot silicon substrate, a method reported by Rainer Adelung and co‐workers on p. 1262. The overheating creates an explosion, which results in a spray of microscale droplets that form many rings similar to the one shown over a macroscopic substrate surface.