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Balamurali Balu
Researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology
Publications - 9
Citations - 848
Balamurali Balu is an academic researcher from Georgia Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Contact angle & Plasma etching. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 9 publications receiving 796 citations.
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Fabrication of “Roll-off” and “Sticky” Superhydrophobic Cellulose Surfaces via Plasma Processing
TL;DR: In this article, a domain-selective etching of amorphous portions of the cellulose in an oxygen plasma and subsequently coating the etched surface with a thin fluorocarbon film deposited via plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition using pentafluoroethane as a precursor yielded two types of superhydrophobicity: "roll-off" (contact angle (CA), 166.7 degrees +/- 0.9 degrees ; CA hysteresis, 3.4 degrees +/- 1.1 degrees ) and "sticky" (CA, 144.8 degrees +/-
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Patterning of superhydrophobic paper to control the mobility of micro-liter drops for two-dimensional lab-on-paper applications
TL;DR: In this 2D LOP prototype, liquid droplets adhere to the porous substrate, rather than absorbing into the paper; as a result, liquid Droplets remain accessible for further quantitative testing and analysis, after performing simple qualitative on-chip testing.
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Tunability of the Adhesion of Water Drops on a Superhydrophobic Paper Surface via Selective Plasma Etching
TL;DR: In this article, a sticky super-hydrophobic paper surface with extremely high contact angle hysteresis was fabricated using nano-scale features on the paper fibers via selective plasma etching.
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Robust Superhydrophobic Surfaces Prepared With Epoxy Resin and Silica Nanoparticles
TL;DR: In this article, bisphenol A-based epoxy and silica nanoparticles were used to form a composite layer on substrates, and the surface mechanical stability was studied by an abrasion test.
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Kinetics of natural oxidant demand by permanganate in aquifer solids.
TL;DR: The study found that although the depletion of organic carbon increased with increased permanganate dosage and increased reaction period, the mass ratio of MnO(4)(-):OC (wt/wt) was relatively constant over time, suggesting a continuum of reactions with the slower reactions becoming more controlling with time.