Following the wetting of one-dimensional photoactive surfaces

This article aims toward a full description of the wetting conversion from superhydrophobicity to superhydrophilicity under illumination with UV light of high-density ZnO nanorods surfaces by (i) following the evolution of the clusters and superstructures formed by the nanocarpet effect as a functio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 28(2012), 42 vom: 23. Okt., Seite 15047-55
1. Verfasser: Macias-Montero, Manuel (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Borras, Ana, Alvarez, Rafael, Gonzalez-Elipe, Agustin R
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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