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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 13, Pages 3234-3238Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/13/026
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We report on the wettability properties of silicon surfaces, simultaneously structured on the micrometre-scale and the nanometre-scale by femtosecond (fs) laser irradiation to render silicon hydrophobic. By varying the laser fluence, it was possible to control the wetting properties of a silicon surface through a systematic and reproducible variation of the surface roughness. In particular, the silicon - water contact angle could be increased from 66 degrees to more than 130 degrees. Such behaviour is described by incomplete liquid penetration within the silicon features, still leaving partially trapped air inside. We also show how controllable design and tailoring of the surface microstructures by wettability gradients can drive the motion of the drop's centre of mass towards a desired direction ( even upwards).
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