Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 21, Issue 39, Pages 15793-15797Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1jm12513c
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Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [50835009, 51002162]
- National 973 Project [2007CB607601]
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Development of superhydrophobic self-cleaning materials is hindered by their susceptibility to mechanical abrasion. Here, to solve the problem caused by mechanical damage, we prepared a superhydrophobic metal/polymer composite surface possessing both mechanical durability and easy repairability. The mechanical durability of the resulting superhydrophobic surface was evaluated by the abrasion test. The result demonstrated that the rough surface textures were retained and the surface still exhibited superhydrophobicity after mechanical abrasion. Moreover, the non-wetting property can be restored by an easy regeneration process when loss of superhydrophobicity occurs. Amazingly, the created metal/polymer surface can be used as a finger touchable self-cleaning surface.
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