Nanotribological Properties of Hydrophobic Surfaces Using an Atomic Force Microscope

  • Yoon, Eui-Sung (Tribology Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Yang, Seung-Ho (Tribology Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Oh, Hyun-Jin (Tribology Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Han, Hung-Gu (Tribology Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kong, Ho-Sung (Tribology Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Hae-Seong (Korea Basic Science Institute)
  • 발행 : 2002.10.21

초록

Nanotribological characteristics of hydrophobic surfaces were studied experimentally using an atomic force microscope (AFM). Two kinds of thiolic self-assembled monolayers (SAM) having different spacer chains and their mixture were deposited onto gold-coated mica, where the deposited SAM resulted in the hydrophobic nature. Results showed that the mixed thiolic SAMs resulted in low adhesion and friction in nano-scale contact. It was argued that the water wetting characteristics played a central role on nano-scale adhesion and friction. Also the effect of mixing the thiolic SAMs were discussed on the basis of real area on contact and the stiffness of the SAM layers.

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