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. 2016 Oct 18;7:1471–1479. doi: 10.3762/bjnano.7.139

Table 1.

Surface properties of the samples.

sample θS
water
θAR
water
θS
n-hexadecane
θAR
n-hexadecane
thickness Rrmsa

Si 0.16 nm
ODS 103° 106°/96° 10° 12°/5° 1.9 nm 0.23 nm
FAS17 113° 121°/108° 70° 73°/60° 1.1 nm 0.27 nm
C10-hybrid 111° 114°/106° 35° 36°/35° 700 nm 1.24 nm
Never Wet 155° 160°/158° dissolved ≈35 μm 5.2 μm
VUV-Never Wet dissolved ≈35 μm 6.3 μm
Soot-TMOS-FAS17Cl 163° 165°/160° 155° 161°/153° <1.6 μm 0.2 μm

aRrms values of Si with and without an ODS-monolayer, FAS17-monolayer, and C10-hybrid film were estimated using AFM images (3 × 3 μm2) shown in Figure 2; those of Never Wet, VUV-Never Wet and Soot-TMOS-FAS17Cl were estimated by a stylus profilometer.