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American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, 24(17), p. 6177-6180, 2005

DOI: 10.1021/cm051453b

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Roselike Microstructures Formed by Direct In Situ Hydrothermal Synthesis: From Superhydrophilicity to Superhydrophobicity

Journal article published in 2005 by Feng Shi, Xiaoxin Chen, Liyan Wang, Jia Niu ORCID, Jihong Yu, Zhiqiang Wang, Xi Zhang
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Abstract

We describe the fabrication of roselike microstructures by the direct in situ hydrothermal synthesis method. The as-prepared roselike microstructure film exhibits excellent superhydrophilic properties, absorbing a water droplet of 4 μL in less than 40 ms. Moreover, after a further modification with a self-assembled monolayer of octyltrimethoxysilane, the film changes its wetting properties from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity with a contact angle as high as 154° and a tilt angle lower than 3°.