Open AccessNanoparticulated hydrophobic CdO coatings deposited by microwave procedure
Author(s) -
Rashidzadeh Mehrdad,
CarbajalFranco Guillermo,
TiburcioSilver Arturo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
micro and nano letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1750-0443
DOI - 10.1049/mnl.2015.0326
Subject(s) - materials science , nanotechnology , microwave , chemical engineering , computer science , engineering , telecommunications
A novel and inexpensive way to deposit nanostructured cadmium oxide (CdO) coatings is described. Metallic Cd is evaporated by heating a silicon carbide crucible, via microwave radiation at standard atmosphere conditions. The Cd vapour rises from the crucible and reacts with the atmospheric oxygen depositing on a glass substrate. CdO coating is homogeneously distributed above the glass surface and it presents a well‐defined cubic‐shaped nanostructure. The as‐deposited CdO coatings showed good hydrophobic properties and achieved symmetric contact angles of 112°. The hydrophobic behaviour was lost after a 75 min of heat treatment at 723 K.