Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 5581-5586Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl2036639
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Water; adsorption; hydrophobic surfaces; nanodroplets; graphene
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- Department of Energy [DE-FG02-04ER46175]
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The interaction of water vapor with hydrophobic surfaces is poorly understood. We utilize graphene templating to preserve and visualize the microscopic structures of adsorbed water on hydrophobic surfaces. Three well-defined surfaces [H-Si(111), graphite, and functionalized mica] were investigated, and water was found to adsorb as nanodroplets (similar to-10-100 nm in size) on all three surfaces under ambient conditions. The adsorbed nanodroplets were closely associated with atomic-scale surface defects and step-edges and wetted all the hydrophobic substrates with contact angles
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