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EPL
卷 118, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
EPL ASSOCIATION, EUROPEAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/118/68006
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB), Government of India [EMR/2016/006235]
We present the effect of 0.5 keV Ar+ beam irradiation on the wetting properties of metallic thin films. Observations reveal a transition from hydrophilic to hydrophobic nature at higher beam fluences which can be attributed to a reduction in net surface free energy. In this low-energy regime, ion beams do not induce significant surface roughness and chemical heterogeneity. However, they cause implantation of atomic impurities in the near surface region of the target and thus form a heterogeneous system at atomic length scales. Interestingly, the presence of implanted Ar atoms in the near surface region modifies the dispersive intermolecular interaction near the surface but induces no chemical modification due to their inert nature. On this basis, we have developed a theoretical model consistent with the experimental observations that reproduces the effective Hamaker constant with a reasonable accuracy. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2017
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