Ultrahigh vacuum techniques in the measurement of contact angles. IV. Water on graphite (0001)
Ultrahigh vacuum techniques in the measurement of contact angles. IV. Water on graphite (0001)
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10.1021/j100590a013
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1975-11
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M. Schrader
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M. Schrader
The contact angle of water on the (0001) surface of oriented graphite evacuated to the 10-1 Torr decade is found to be 35±4. The value is considerably lower and more reproducible than those in the range of 50-80 found for the surface prior to evacuation. The higher values found before evacuation are apparently due tohydrophobic organic contamination. Ion bombardment of the evacuated surface reduces the contact angle to 0. All vacuum contact angle measurements are made in situ with surface cleanliness monitored by Auger electron spectroscopy. The decrease in contact angle from the value of approximately 35 after evac-uation to that of 0 after ion bombardment is due either to removal of chemisorbed hydrogen or hydrocarbon (not detectable by AES), or to disarrangement of the hexagonal structure of a clean (0001) surface to yield high-energy surface sites. It is proposed that the wettability of graphite (0001) is related to its con-ducting properties.