Formation of stable Si–O–C submonolayers on hydrogen-terminated silicon(111) under low-temperature conditions

• Yit Lung Khung,
• Siti Hawa Ngalim,
• Andrea Scaccabarozzi and
• Dario Narducci

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 19–26, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.3

• sensible explanation for this was that both Si–O–C and Si–C linkages were formed on the surface, thus creating a patchy surface with an intimate mixture of moieties exposing hydroxy or alkyne groups. This would certainly reduce the surface wettability as reported in previous reports on heterogeneous

The study of surface wetting, nanobubbles and boundary slip with an applied voltage: A review

• Yunlu Pan,
• Bharat Bhushan and
• Xuezeng Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1042–1065, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.117

• this review, the influence of an applied voltage on the surface wettability, nanobubbles, surface charge density and slip length are discussed. The contact angle (CA) and contact angle hysteresis (CAH) of a droplet of deionized (DI) water on a hydrophobic polystyrene (PS) surface were measured with

• liquid, surface wetting, surface charge, nanobubbles and boundary slip are believed to affect the drag of liquid flow [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. By applying a voltage to the system, the surface wettability can be changed, known as electrowetting, and the surface charge density can be changed as well [11

• ]. Nanobubbles and boundary slip are believed to have a strong influence on surface wettability and surface charge [12][13][14][15][16][17]. It can be inferred that when a voltage is applied, the surface wettability, surface charge, nanobubbles and boundary slip will be changed, which causes the change in the

Approaches to nanostructure control and functionalizations of polymer@silica hybrid nanograss generated by biomimetic silica mineralization on a self-assembled polyamine layer

• Jian-Jun Yuan and
• Ren-Hua Jin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 760–773, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.84

• , nanostructured thin films on substrates with tunable nanostructure and surface morphology are of great importance for various applications, such as photoelectronics [1], high-efficiency sensing and bioanalysis [2][3], protein adsorption [4], cell growth [5], surface wettability control [6] and liquid

• synthesis of functional silica-based nanosurfaces. Silica@titania composite nanograss and photoresponsive surface wettability Finally, we attempted using LPEI in hybrid nanograss as a catalyst for titania deposition, with the aim to synthesize a silica@titania composite nanosurface after high-temperature

• ambient conditions, exhibits photoresponsive surface wettability through hydrophobic modification and light irradiation [44]. However, this surface failed to be superhydrophobic (i.e., water contact angle >150°) probably due to the relatively low surface roughness. In this work, by depositing the titania