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Probing the Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy
Published on: May 27, 2018
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Water on Au sputtered films
J Canning1, N Tzioumis, N Tzoumis
1Interdisciplinary Photonics Laboratories, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, 222 Madsen Building F09, NSW 2006, Australia. john.canning@sydney.edu.au.
Abstract:
Transient changes in the contact angle, Δθ ∼ 10°, of water on gold (Au) reveal reversible wetting of near hydrophobic Au films. The recovery time is temperature dependent. Surface flatness is investigated using AFM and profilometery.

