Hydrophobic and metallophobic surfaces: Highly stable non-wetting inorganic surfaces based on lanthanum phosphate nanorods

Metal oxides, in general, are known to exhibit significant wettability towards water molecules because of the high feasibility of synergetic hydrogen-bonding interactions possible at the solid-water interface. Here we show that the nano sized phosphates of rare earth materials (Rare Earth Phosphates...

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Main Authors: Sankar, S., Nair, Balagopal, Suzuki, T., Anilkumar, G., Padmanabhan, M., Hareesh, U., Warrier, K.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14520