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Tunable wettability of metallic films with assistance of porous anodic aluminum oxide

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The present work demonstrates a simple method to prepare nanostructured Ni films with different morphologies with the assistance of porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes. A great distinction is observed as the Ni films deposited onto the top and bottom sides of AAO membranes. The wetting properties of as-prepared membranes are investigated by measuring the contact angles of water on the surfaces. Results show that the static water contact angle changes dramatically from 124°±1° to 45°±1° on different Ni films, implying a change of the wettability from hydrophobicity to hydrophilicity affected by the surface patterns. This versatile approach can be conducted on various materials with potential applications in a broad range of fields.

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  1. Division of Energy and Environmental Research, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China

    Dongdong Li

  2. School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Dongdong Li, Chuanhai Jiang, Jiankun Zhou & Xin Ren

  3. Advanced Technology Institute, Technology Center of Baosteel, Shanghai, 201900, China

    Jiankun Zhou

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Li, D., Jiang, C., Zhou, J. et al. Tunable wettability of metallic films with assistance of porous anodic aluminum oxide. Front. Optoelectron. China 3, 317–320 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-010-0104-y

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