Citation:
T. Baldacchini, J. E. Carey, M. Zhou, and E. Mazur. 2006. “Superhydrophobic surfaces prepared by microstructuring of silicon using a femtosecond laser.” Langmuir, 22, Pp. 4917–4919. Publisher's Version
Abstract:
Superhydrophobic surfaces exhibit contact angles with water that are larger than 150 and negligible difference in contact angle between the advancing and receding contact angles, the so-called contact angle hysteresis. In this paper, we present a novel and simple structuring process that uses intense femtosecond- laser pulses to create microstructured superhydrophobic surfaces with remarkable wetting characteristics.See also: Optical hyperdoping: black silicon