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SUBMITTER: Li K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086191 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Kangning K Zhao Ying Y Yang Jintao J Feng Jie J
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20220426
According to classical heterogeneous nucleation theory, the free energy barrier (ΔG<sub>c</sub>) of heterogeneous nucleation of vapor condensation ascends dramatically as the substrate nanostructure diameter (R<sub>s</sub>) decreases. Based on this idea, we fabricated two types of superhydrophobic surfaces (SHSs) on an aluminum substrate by different roughening processes and the same fluorization treatment. Water vapor condensation trials by optical microscope and ESEM confirmed that on SHSs wit ...[more]