简介:Electrochemical Deposition of Conductive Superhydrophobic Zinc Oxide Thin Films
Mei Li, Jin Zhai, Huan Liu, Yanlin Song, Lei Jiang,* and Daoben Zhu
Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academ简介:Electrochemical Deposition of Conductive Superhydrophobic Zinc Oxide Thin Films
Mei Li, Jin Zhai, Huan Liu, Yanlin Song, Lei Jiang,* and Daoben Zhu
Center for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
ReceiVed: June 4, 2003; In Final Form: July 15, 2003
A simple method of electrochemical deposition was adopted to prepare conductive hydrophobic zinc oxide
(ZnO) thin films. The surface structures were characterized by sanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic
force microscopy (AFM). Wettability studies revealed that the surface of the as-prepared thin films showed
a contact angle (CA) for water of 128.3 ( 1.7°, whereas the superhydrophobic surface with a water contact
angle of 152.0 ( 2.0° was obtained by (fluoroalkyl)silane modification. The superhydrophobic conductive
thin films materials may have potential use such as microfluidic devices in the future. It is likely that other
oxide materials may be similarly prepared by this method.
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