title: Fabrication of transparent antifouling thin films with fractal structure by atmospheric pressure cold plasma deposition.
abstract: Antifouling surface with both superhydrophobicity and oil-repellency has been fabricated on glass substrate by forming fractal microstructure(s). The fractal microstructure was constituted by transparent silica particles of 100 nm diameter and transparent zinc-oxide columns grown on silica particles by atmospheric pressure cold plasma deposition. The sample surface was coated with a chemically adsorbed monomolecular layer. We found that one sample has the superhydrophobic ability with a water droplet contact angle of more than 150°, while another sample has a high transmittance of more than 85% in a wavelength range from 400 to 800 nm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, 2217-20, Takamatsu 761-0396, Japan. miyagawa@eng.kagawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyagawa
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Yoon-Kee
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kazufumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Kenzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzaki