TY - GEN
T1 - Novel vapor phase method for making ultra thin conformal films of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
AU - Gupta, Sushant
AU - Chakkaravarthi, Arul Arjunan
AU - Singh, Rajiv
AU - Opalko, Jeff
AU - Singh, Deepika
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Ultra-thin conformal polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films were prepared by a novel physical vapor technique i.e., pulsed electron deposition (PED) technique. Prepared PTFE or Teflon thin films show high degree of conformity on patterned substrates. Under optimized deposition conditions the films exhibit superhydrophobicity. The PED processed films were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) micrographs and the surface morphology and the conformal nature of the films were studied. The chemical nature and hydrophobicity were studied by FTIR and contact angle measurements, respectively.
AB - Ultra-thin conformal polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films were prepared by a novel physical vapor technique i.e., pulsed electron deposition (PED) technique. Prepared PTFE or Teflon thin films show high degree of conformity on patterned substrates. Under optimized deposition conditions the films exhibit superhydrophobicity. The PED processed films were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) micrographs and the surface morphology and the conformal nature of the films were studied. The chemical nature and hydrophobicity were studied by FTIR and contact angle measurements, respectively.
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U2 - 10.1557/proc-0992-d04-03
DO - 10.1557/proc-0992-d04-03
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AN - SCOPUS:70349905079
SN - 9781605604220
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 19
EP - 24
BT - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings - Deposition on Nonplanar Substrates
PB - Materials Research Society
T2 - Deposition on Nonplanar Substrates - 2007 MRS Spring Meeting
Y2 - 9 April 2007 through 13 April 2007
ER -