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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app10175981
Keywords
volatile organic compounds; surface treatment; surface plasmon resonance; thin film measurement; XPS; dropwise condensation; monolayer; surface homogeneity; nucleation
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- Department of Energy, O ffice of Energy E fficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), USA [DE-EE0007650]
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIT) [NRF-2020R1F1A1072600]
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Featured Application The results of this work can be used in ultra-thin film measurement using SPRi and can help enable a better understanding of the mechanism of dropwise condensation. Using surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRi), we have recently shown for the first time the existence of a monolayer water film between droplets during dropwise condensation. This study examines the effect of adsorbed volatile organic compounds (VOCs) on the ultrathin film measurement using SPRi. Further, the work presents the proper surface-treatment process that enables measurements of the ultrathin water layer during high-speed imaging of dropwise condensation at 3000 frame per second. In this study, two methods were applied for cleaning the surface (gold-coated glass)-(1) standard cleaning procedure (SCP) using acetone, isopropyl alcohol, and deionized water and (2) SCP followed by air plasma cleaning. This work discusses the effect of the cleaning procedures on surface roughness, contact angle, and surface chemistry using atomic force microscopy, optical microscopy, and an X-ray photoelectron spectroscope meter. The results showed that SCP before the SPRi is a proper surface-treatment method. The effect of adsorbed VOCs during dropwise condensation on a surface treated with SCP was measured to be 0.0025 (reflectivity unit), which was 70% smaller than the reflectance associated with a monolayer water film. The results of this work confirm a monolayer water film observation during the dropwise condensation, which has been reported before.
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