“…In particular, the CF 3 -terminated surfaces, when compared with the non-fluorinated surfaces generated from CH 3 (CH 2 ) n SH, are less wettable in contact with non-polar liquids like hexadecane, but surprisingly more wettable in contact with polar liquids like water. The non-van der Waals energy component is significant for the CF 3 -terminated surfaces in contrast to the negligibly small magnitude for the CH 3 -terminated surfaces [6,8,9]. Furthermore, the friction on the terminally fluorinated SAMs is greater than that on the purely hydrocarbon SAMs [10][11][12].…”