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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 22, Issue 5, Pages 2057-2062Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1jm14813c
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Electrically conductive and self-cleaning superhydrophobic films (water contact angles >160 degrees, droplet roll off angles <5 degrees) were fabricated by simply solution casting sub-micron polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) particle dispersed alcohol-based colloidal graphite solutions. The process is very suitable for forming conductive superhydrophobic coatings on glasses, metals, ceramics and high performance polymers such as polyimide (Kapton (R)). The solutions were deposited on microscope glass slides and Kapton (R) films by drop casting. After solvent evaporation under ambient conditions, the coatings were annealed to melt Teflon. Upon melting, Teflon particles fused into one another forming a hydrophobic polymer matrix. The degree of superhydrophobicity and the surface morphology of the coatings together with their electrical conductivity were studied in detail by varying Teflon-to-graphite weight fractions. A number of applications can be envisioned for these coatings such as electrode materials for energy conversion devices, high performance electromagnetic shielding materials, flexible electronic components and heat exchanger surfaces, to name a few.
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