Wettability of Si and Al–12Si alloy on Pd-implanted 6H

Wettability of Si and Al–12Si alloy on Pd-implanted 6H–SiC

Wang Ting-Ting¹, Liu Gui-Wu^{1, †}, Huang Zhi-Kun¹, Zhang Xiang-Zhao¹, Xu Zi-Wei¹, Qiao Guan-Jun^{1, 2, ‡}

(color online) Time-dependent contact angles of molten (a) Si and (b) Al–12wt.%Si alloy on the as-received and Pd-implanted SiC substrates, showing the improvement of wettability after the Pd ion implantation.