Silicone Oil-Grafted Low-Hysteresis Water-Repellent Surfaces.

ABSTRACT: Wetting plays a major role in the close interactions between liquids and solid surfaces, which can be tailored by modifying the chemistry as well as the structures of the surfaces' outermost layer. Several methodologies, such as chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, electroplating, and chemical reactions, among others, have been adopted for the alteration/modification of such interactions suitable for various applications. However, the fabrication of low-contact line-pinning hydrophobic surfaces via simple and easy methods remains an open challenge. In this work, we exploit one-step and multiple-step silicone oil (5-100 cSt) grafting on smooth silicon substrates (although the technique is suitable for other substrates), looking closely at the effect of viscosity as well as

SUBMITTER: Abbas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982814 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature