Effect of nanoparticle size on sessile droplet contact angle
- 15 April 2008
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 103 (8), 084315
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2912464
Abstract
We report a significant variation in the static contact angle measured on indium oxide (IO) nanoparticle coated Si substrates that have different nanoparticle sizes. These IO nanoparticles, which have well defined shape and sizes, were synthesized by chemical vapor deposition in a horizontal alumina tube furnace. The size of the IO nanoparticles was varied by changing the source material, substrate temperature, and the deposition time. A sessile droplet method was used to determine the macroscopic contact angle on these IO nanoparticle covered Si substrate using two different liquids: de-ionized water and diethylene glycol (DEG). It was observed that contact angle depends strongly on the nanoparticle size. The contact angle was found to vary from to for de-ionized water droplet and from to for DEG droplet, for the nanoparticle sizes varying from 14 to 620 nm. The contact angle decreases with a decrease in the particles size. We have performed a theoretical analysis to determine the dependence of contact angle on the nanoparticle size. This formulation qualitatively shows a similar trend of decrease in the contact angle with a decrease in nanoparticle size. Providing a rough estimate of nanoparticle size by sessile droplet contact angle measurement is the novelty in this work.
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