Original Article
  • A Study on Surface Structuring and Superhydrophobic Properties of Ethyl Cyanoacrylate by Curing Agents

  • Heon-Ju Choi*, Handong Cho*†

  • * Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mokpo National University

  • 에틸 시아노아크릴레이트의 경화에 의한 표면 구조화 및 초소수성 특성 연구

  • 최헌주* · 조한동*†

  • This article is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Correspondence to

  • Handong Cho

  • School of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering, Mokpo National University

  • E-mail: hdcho@mnu.ac.kr