Enhancing Wettability of Radio Frequency Magnetron-Sputtered Glass Films by Exploiting Structural Defects

Hirotaka Maeda1, Mitsuaki Chino1, Tomoyuki Sakai1

  • 1Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry , Nagoya Institute of Technology , Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555 , Japan.

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