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http://dx.doi.org/10.4313/JKEM.2014.27.8.516

Hydrophobic Properties of PTFE Film Deposited on Glass Surface Etched by Ar-plasma  

Rhee, Byung Roh (Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University)
Bae, Kang (Department of Electronics Engineering, Catholic University of Daegu)
Kim, Hwa-Min (Department of Electronics Engineering, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers / v.27, no.8, 2014 , pp. 516-521 More about this Journal
Abstract
An excellent hydrophobic surface has a high contact angle over 147 degree and the contact angle hysteresis below $5^0$ was produced by using roughness combined with hydrophobic PTFE coatings, which were also confirmed to exhibit an extreme adhesion to glass substrate. To form the rough surface, the glass was etched by Ar-plasma. A very thin PTFE film was coated on the plasma etched glass surface. Roughness factors before or after PTFE coating on the plasma etched glass surface, based on Wensel's model were calculated, which agrees well with the dependence of the contact angle on the roughness factor is predicted by Wensel's model. The PTFE films deposited on glass by using a conventional rf-magnetron sputtering. The glass substrates were etched Ar-plasma prior to the deposition of PTFE. Their hydrophobicities are investigated for application as a anti-fouling coating layer on the screen of displays. It is found that the hydrophobicity of PTFE films mainly depends on the sputtering conditions, such as rf-power, Ar gas content introduced during deposition. These conditions are closely related to the deposition rate or thickness of PTFE film. Thus, it is also found that the deposition rate or the film thickness affects sensitively the geometrical morphology formed on surface of the rf-sputtered PTFE films. In particular, 1,950-nm-thick PTFE films deposited for 30 minute by rf-power 50 watt under Ar gas content of 20 sccm shows a very excellent optical transmittance and a good anti-fouling property and a good durability.
Keywords
PTFE; Rf-magnetron sputtering; Super-hydrophobicity; HCl; Contact angle;
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