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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
Volume 162, Issue 1-3, Pages 203-213Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(99)00240-X
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chemical adsorption; mixed films; self-assembled monolayers; aggregation; contact angle hysteresis
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A mixed film of microscopic heterogeneity was formed by stepwise deposition of a long-chain organosilane n-octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) and a short-chain organosilane aminobutyldimethylmethoxysilane (ABS). The amount of silane deposited on an oxidized silicon substrate was controlled kinetically by varying the dip time in each silane solution. The binary film was characterized by the atomic force microscopy (AFM), infrared attenuated total internal reflection (IR-ATR), and contact angle goniometry. OTS forms a monolayer structure whose fractional surface coverage and surface energy can be precisely controlled. ABS agglomerates slowly to form island structure and is ineffective in surface energy or composition variation. The contact angles on sub-monolayers of OTS follows the Cassie equation, while the contact angle of the binary OTS and ABS film deviates positively from the equation. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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