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Super‐Hydrophobic Coatings Prepared by RF Magnetron Sputtering of PTFE
Author(s) -
Drábik Martin,
Polonskyi Oleksandr,
Kylián Ondřej,
Čechvala Juraj,
Artemenko Anna,
Gordeev Ivan,
Choukourov Andrei,
Slavínská Danka,
Matolínová Iva,
Biederman Hynek
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plasma processes and polymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1612-8869
pISSN - 1612-8850
DOI - 10.1002/ppap.200900164
Subject(s) - polytetrafluoroethylene , contact angle , materials science , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , sputter deposition , cavity magnetron , substrate (aquarium) , polymer , argon , fluorocarbon , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , deposition (geology) , chemical engineering , sputtering , composite material , analytical chemistry (journal) , thin film , nanotechnology , chemistry , chromatography , organic chemistry , paleontology , oceanography , sediment , geology , engineering , biology
Abstract Fluorocarbon plasma polymer films were prepared by RF magnetron sputtering in Argon from a balanced magnetron equipped with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) target. Depending on the deposition conditions, primarily on the working gas pressure and distance between the target and the substrate, plasma polymer lms were obtained with distinctly different chemical composition and/or morphology, as measured by means of XPS, FTIR and AFM. These films possessed static contact angle of water values ranging from 112° to ≈170° i.e. their behaviour ranged from hydrophobic to superhydrophobic ones.