Title :
Nanoparticulated hydrophobic CdO coatings deposited by microwave procedure
Author :
Rashidzadeh, Mehrdad ; Carbajal-Franco, Guillermo ; Tiburcio-Silver, Arturo
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Mater. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ., Najaf Abad, Iran
Abstract :
A novel and inexpensive way to deposit nanostructured cadmium oxide (CdO) coatings is described. Metallic Cd is evaporated by heating a silicon carbide crucible, via microwave radiation at standard atmosphere conditions. The Cd vapour rises from the crucible and reacts with the atmospheric oxygen depositing on a glass substrate. CdO coating is homogeneously distributed above the glass surface and it presents a well-defined cubic-shaped nanostructure. The as-deposited CdO coatings showed good hydrophobic properties and achieved symmetric contact angles of 112°. The hydrophobic behaviour was lost after a 75 min of heat treatment at 723 K.
Keywords :
cadmium compounds; contact angle; heat treatment; hydrophobicity; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; vapour deposition; CdO; contact angle; cubic shaped nanostructure; glass substrate; heat treatment; microwave deposition; nanoparticulated hydrophobic coatings; nanostructured cadmium oxide; temperature 723 K; time 75 min;
Journal_Title :
Micro Nano Letters, IET
DOI :
10.1049/mnl.2015.0326
