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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/4/045301
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- Office of Naval Research [N00014-06-10497]
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [820506] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Considerable efforts have been spent over the last decade developing hydrophobic surfaces exhibiting very large contact angles with water. Many of these methods require complex and expensive fabrication techniques. We demonstrate that sanding Teflon can produce superhydrophobic surfaces with advancing contact angles of up to 151 degrees and contact angle hysteresis of less than 4 degrees Furthermore, we show that a wide range of both advancing contact angles and contact angle hysteresis can be achieved by varying the grit size of the sandpaper, allowing for future hysteresis and contact angle studies. Scanning electron microscopy images of the roughened surfaces depict the range and amplitude of length scales imparted on the surface by the sandpaper, which leads to deeper understanding of the state of wetting on the surface.
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