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Fabrication and characterization of transparent superhydrophobic thin films based on silica nanoparticles

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A simple method, which was based on self-assemble of silica nanoparticles and heptadecafluorodecyl trimethoxysilane, was used to fabricate a transparent superhydrophobic thin film with a water contact angle higher than 146°. The film has a uniform thickness of about 200 nm and a certain surface roughness about 20 nm, which makes it both transparent and superhydrophobic.

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  1. Lab of Special Functional Materials, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475001, P.R. China

    G. Gu, H. Dang, Z. Zhang & Z. Wu

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06.60.Ei; 81.07.Pr; 81.16.Dn; 81.20.Fw; 81.65.-Ps

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Gu, G., Dang, H., Zhang, Z. et al. Fabrication and characterization of transparent superhydrophobic thin films based on silica nanoparticles. Appl. Phys. A 83, 131–132 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-005-3473-0

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