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Transformation of hydrophobic surface into superhydrophobic surface by interfacial flower like silver films
Author(s) -
Karthik Namachivayam,
Sethuraman Mathur Gopalakrishnan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.5709
Subject(s) - lotus effect , contact angle , stearic acid , cysteamine , chemical engineering , fabrication , materials science , copper , lotus , immersion (mathematics) , wetting , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , organic chemistry , botany , medicine , raw material , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology , pure mathematics , engineering , biology
Fabrication of superhydrophobic surface was achieved by electroless deposition of silver film and subsequent immersion into a mixture of stearic acid and cysteamine. The resultant superhydrophobic surface with flower and fall‐leaves like structure showed lotus leaf effect with the water contact angle of about 154° making copper surface water repellant. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.