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Andrew Kozbial
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 20
Citations - 1930
Andrew Kozbial is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Graphene & Contact angle. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1558 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew Kozbial include Northeastern University.
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Effect of airborne contaminants on the wettability of supported graphene and graphite
Zhiting Li,Yongjin Wang,Andrew Kozbial,Ganesh Shenoy,Feng Zhou,Rebecca McGinley,Patrick Ireland,Brittni Morganstein,Alyssa Kunkel,Sumedh P. Surwade,Lei Li,Haitao Liu +11 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that airborne hydrocarbons adsorb on graphitic surfaces, and that a concurrent decrease in the water contact angle occurs when these contaminants are partially removed by both thermal annealing and controlled ultraviolet-O3 treatment.
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Study on the surface energy of graphene by contact angle measurements.
Andrew Kozbial,Zhiting Li,Caitlyn Conaway,Rebecca McGinley,Shonali Dhingra,Vahid Vahdat,Feng Zhou,Brian D'Urso,Haitao Liu,Lei Li +9 more
TL;DR: G/Cu exhibits the highest surface energy immediately after synthesis, and the surface energy decreases after airborne contamination occurs, suggesting the root cause of intrinsically mild polarity of G/Cu surface is discussed.
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Understanding the intrinsic water wettability of graphite
Andrew Kozbial,Zhiting Li,Jianing Sun,Xiao Gong,Feng Zhou,Yongjin Wang,Haochen Xu,Haitao Liu,Lei Li +8 more
TL;DR: This article showed that fresh graphitic surfaces are mildly hydrophilic and graphite becomes hydrophobic upon exposure to ambient air and showed that surface properties of graphite and fresh CVD graphene can be characterized by defect density and dynamic contact angle measurements.
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Understanding the Intrinsic Water Wettability of Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2)
TL;DR: It is reported that water contact angle (WCA) of freshly exfoliated MoS2 shows temporal evolution with an intrinsic WCA of 69.0 ± 3.8° that increases to 89.1° after 1 day exposure to ambient air.
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Are Graphitic Surfaces Hydrophobic
TL;DR: Recent results from two groups showed that graphitic surfaces are intrinsically mildly hydrophilic and adsorbed hydrocarbon contaminants from the ambient air render the surface hydrophobic, which challenges the long-lasting conception and could completely change the way graphitic materials are made, modeled, and modified.