Yoon, Sun Mi Lee, Hyunji Lee, Hyebin Nahm, Sahn Moon, Myoung-Woon 2024-01-19T22:04:04Z 2024-01-19T22:04:04Z 2021-09-03 2018-08 0922-6168 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/121106 High-aspect-ratio nanostructures formed on a transparent polymer can be easily damaged after several cycles of anti-fogging testing, resulting in a reduction in optical transmittance. To ensure the robust wetting and optical properties of the transparent polycarbonate, we controlled the nanostructure geometries by adding the inert argon gas to oxygen gas during plasma-based selective ion etching process, resulting in both better transparency and longer-lasting anti-fogging properties. We confirmed that the size of the metallic clusters as a self-etching mask is strongly related to the aspect ratio of the final nanostructures. Since metallic clusters with relatively large diameters were formed with the addition of argon gas to oxygen gas, the robustness of the polycarbonate wettability and transparency instilled by the robust nanostructures was improved, as indicated by cyclic anti-fogging testing. English SPRINGER SUPERAMPHIPHOBIC POLYMERIC SURFACES INDUCED SPUTTERING YIELDS MICROPILLAR ARRAYS ENERGY-DEPENDENCE MONATOMIC SOLIDS WATER Nanostructured polycarbonate for robust transparency and anti-fogging by control of self-masking metallic clusters Article 10.1007/s11164-018-3273-8 1 RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES, v.44, no.8, pp.4697 - 4706 RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 44 8 4697 4706 scie scopus 000439954400010 2-s2.0-85040947558 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry Article SUPERAMPHIPHOBIC POLYMERIC SURFACES INDUCED SPUTTERING YIELDS MICROPILLAR ARRAYS ENERGY-DEPENDENCE MONATOMIC SOLIDS WATER Nanoclusters Self-mask Superhydrophilic surfaces Anti-fogging Transmittance