Silane Decorated Metallic Nanorods for Hydrophobic Applications

Abstract

A novel technique to modify a metallic surface for anti-icing applications is presented. An oblique angle deposition (OAD) technique has been used to fabricatemetallic nanorods of Aluminum and Tungsten on a glass substrate. A conformal coating of a silane has been applied using a molecular vapor deposition technique. The resulting surface has shown a static contact angle of 1348 with the water droplet. SEM AFM and XPS have been used to study the surface modification. This is a highly promising approach for anti-icing applications due to its scalability at a very low cost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 2009
Accession Number
ADA528128

Entities

People

  • Alexandru S. Biris
  • Bo Liu
  • Charles Ryerson
  • Ganesh K. Kannarpady
  • Rajesh Sharma
  • Steve Trigwell

Organizations

  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Coatings
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Elements
  • Engineering
  • Films
  • Hydrophobic Properties
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microscopy
  • Physical Properties
  • Roughness
  • Substrates
  • Surface Energy
  • Surface Roughness
  • Thin Films
  • Tungsten
  • United States

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.