Abstract
This work presents a method for controlling the wettability of an aluminum-hydroxide (Al(OH)3) nanostructure by using ion implantation. We implant Xe ions into Al(OH)3 nanostructures at dosages between 5 × 1014 to 1 × 1016 ions/cm2. The microscopic surface morphology of the nanostructure after implantation does not change under our dosing conditions. However, a drastic increase in the surface contact angle (CA) from 0° to 100° is observed at a dosage of 5 × 1015 ions/cm2. We attribute this significant change in CA to the composition and chemical bonding states of carbon contained within the Al(OH)3 nanostructure.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1024-1028 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Korean Physical Society |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Apr 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aluminum hydroxide
- Contact angle
- Ion implantation
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- Xe ions