Superhydrophobic Vertically Aligned Treelike Carbon Nanostructures

Ghosh, M and Rao, GM (2019) Superhydrophobic Vertically Aligned Treelike Carbon Nanostructures. In: Physical Review Applied, 11 (3).

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Abstract

The lotus leaf shows superhydrophobicity and extreme nonsticking properties due to the two-level roughness features of its surface in addition to the low surface energy. In the thin film of vertically aligned treelike carbon nanostructures, each nanostructure is a multiwalled carbon nanotube aligned vertically to the plane of the substrate with carbon films attached to the nanotubelike branches, giving the overall treelike appearance. These nanostructures also have two-degree roughness due to their unique geometry, which makes the wettability of the material an interesting property to study. The change in hydrophobicity of the material as a function of the deposition time is studied to understand the mutual dependence of the geometry of the nanostructures and the hydrophobicity of the film. The material exhibits superhydrophobicity, showing a static water contact angle as high as 165? for certain deposition conditions with extreme nonsticking properties. © 2019 American Physical Society.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review Applied
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright belongs to American Physical Society
Keywords:	Carbon films; Contact angle; Deposition; Forestry; Hydrophobicity; Nanotubes; Thin films; Yarn, Carbon Nanostructures; Deposition conditions; Deposition time; Low surface energy; Mutual dependences; Superhydrophobic; Superhydrophobicity; Vertically aligned, Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCN)
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Instrumentation Appiled Physics
Date Deposited:	23 Apr 2019 04:44
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2022 06:08
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/62146

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