Title :
Superhydrophobic nickel films fabricated by electro/electroless deposition
Author :
Tian, Feifei ; Hu, Anmin ; Li, Ming ; Mao, Dali
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of the Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Superhydrophobic nickel films were prepared by electrodeposition and electroless deposition without chemical modification. Experimental results reveal that the nickel film fabricated by electrodeposition is characterized with nanocone arrays and only has a contact angle of about 112°. By coupling electroless deposition, as the second step, hemispherically topped nanocones are generated and a high contact angle as much as 152.3° is obtained; that is, nickel surface has successfully transformed from hydrophobic to superhydrophobic.
Keywords :
contact angle; electrodeposition; electroless deposition; hydrophobicity; Ni; contact angle; electrodeposition; electroless deposition coupling; hemispherically topped nanocones; nanocone arrays; superhydrophobic nickel films fabrication; Films; Nickel; Rough surfaces; Surface morphology; Surface roughness; Surface topography; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Packaging Technology and High Density Packaging (ICEPT-HDP), 2011 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1770-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1768-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICEPT.2011.6066815
