Open AccessExperimental study of the wettability of silicon substrates coated with vertically oriented carbon nanotubes
Author(s) -
Dmitry Kochkin,
A. N. Kurenya,
Dmitry Zaitsev,
Oleg Kabov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1677/1/012088
Subject(s) - wetting , carbon nanotube , materials science , contact angle , hysteresis , silicon , substrate (aquarium) , composite material , nanotechnology , carbon fibers , nanotube , optoelectronics , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics , composite number , geology
The experimental study of the wettability of silicon substrates coated with vertically oriented carbon nanotubes is conducted. It is found that carbon nanotube coatings are superhydrophobic and have small hysteresis. Heat treatment of the carbon nanotube coatings significantly reduces the receding contact angle and virtually doesn’t change the advancing contact angle. It should be noted that the thickness of the carbon nanotube coatings doesn’t significantly affect the substrate wettability.