Table 1 |
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| The effect of CA and details of coating methods | ||||||
| Regions of interlaced surface | Hydrophilic | Plain | Hydrophobic | |||
| Step 1: precursor + nanoparticle coatings (g) | 0.003 | 0.0025 | 0.0008 | 0 | 0.0008 | 0.002 |
| Step 2: hydrophobic material treatment | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Ra (μm) | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.27 |
| CA (°) | <10 | 16 | 55 | 93 to 111 | 123 | 145 |
Ra, average roughness; CA, contact angle.
Hsu et al. Nanoscale Research Letters 2012 7:259 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-259