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Superhydrophobic Zr-based metallic glass surface with high adhesive force

  • Ning Li*
  • , Ting Xia
  • , Liping Heng
  • , Lin Liu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Micro/nano hierarchical structures were constructed on Zr 35Ti30Be26.75Cu8.25 metallic glass surface by silicon moulding and subsequently chemical etching. The as-formed surface exhibited both superhydrophobicity and high adhesive force towards water. The superhydrophobicity is rationalized based on the modified Cassie-Baxter model [A. B. D. Cassie and S. Baxter, Trans. Faraday Soc. 40, 546 (1944)]. The origin of the robust adhesion is described in terms of intermolecular capillary forces. The present results not only provide a method to fabricate superhydrophobic metallic glasses surface but also explore an important industrial application as dry adhesives and transport of liquid microdroplets.

Original languageEnglish
Article number251603
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume102
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jun 2013
Externally publishedYes

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