Preparation of superhydrophobic nanoplate iron oxide surface on a carbon steel for anti-wetting applications

• Main Authors: Cao, Xiaofei, Zhang, Yaozhong, Hu, Wei, Zheng, Huaan, Dan, Yong, Hu, Jun, Chen, Zhong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Carbon Steel; Superhydrophobic Surface
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162653
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A simple route to fabricate a surface layer comprising Fe3O4 nanoplates on a carbon steel has been successfully demonstrated using etching treatment followed by annealing in oxygen atmosphere. Different sizes of the Fe3O4 (3 1 1) exposed nanoplates can be fabricated by varying the annealing temperat...