Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 30, Issue 15, Pages 4342-4350Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la500395e
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- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany [16SV5348]
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We describe the generation of mechanically robust superhydrophobic surfaces, which carry a hierarchical roughness that is composed of silicon microcones and silicon nanograss. Both micro and nanostructures were fabricated using mask-free dry etching processes. The microcones were obtained utilizing a cryogenic deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) process run in the overpassivation regime. By varying process parameters, surfaces with different microcones geometries and densities were achieved. The nanograss was fabricated using a modified DRIE process with alternating etching and passivation cycles ('BOSCH process'). All surfaces were covered with a layer of a fluorinated film so that superhydrophobic structures resulted. Depending on microcone geometry and density, the advancing contact angle ranged between 170 degrees and 180 degrees, and roll-off angles of 10 mu L drops between 30 degrees (0.5 degrees) and 6 degrees were observed. The samples were exposed to varying shear loads, and the changes in the morphology were recorded by using electron microscopy. The wetting angles of the mechanically challenged surfaces were recorded and correlated with the mechanical properties of the samples.
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