Marik, T. (2011) Study and Applications of Liquid Behavior on Microtextured Solid Surfaces. PhD Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

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• TITLE: Profile Characterization and Temperature Effect on the Wettability of Microstructured Surfaces

  AUTHORS: Yuxuan Han, Yingwei Liu, Minami Kaneko, Fumio Uchikoba

  KEYWORDS: Wetting, Microstructured Surface, Temperature Effect, Contact Angle

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Surface Engineered Materials and Advanced Technology, Vol.8 No.4, September 7, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Wetting is one of the omnipresent phenomena governed via natural laws. Moreover, surface wettability at non-ambient temperature especially at high temperature (30°C to 90°C) is of great importance in many industrial processes. In this study, Si wafers with various structures were fabricated to investigate wettability at different temperatures. Three shapes with micro-pillar structured surfaces were designed and fabricated. Pillar-structured surfaces were fabricated by photolithography and ICP etching. The temperature-dependent wettability of single-phase regime droplets was characterized using contact angle measurements. The wetting behavior of a water droplet was observed.