Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 116, Issue 51, Pages 26810-26815Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp3088463
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- Australian Research Council [DP120104536]
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The current study reports the fabrication and characterization of superhydrophobic surfaces with increasing nanoroughness by decreasing silica nanoparticle size in a sol-gel matrix. Using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements allowed for the direct quantification of air entrapped at the interface, revealing for the first time that significant air remains on hierarchical surfaces despite observed droplet pinning through hysteresis measurements. Combining contact angle hysteresis and SAXS measurements of the surfaces immersed in sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) solutions with Cassie and Tadmor's model, a series of predicted contact angles were generated, comparing wetting transition mechanisms based on wetting line advance, droplet adhesion/pinning, and interfacial air entrapment. The study provided confirmation of key theoretical assumptions on wetting of hierarchical surfaces: (i) Cassie wetting of the nanofeatures is the preferred wetting progression on hierarchical surfaces; and (ii) the presence of an intermediate petal state is dependent on the level of nanoroughness as compared to the microroughness.
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