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POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 43, Issue 12, Pages 966-970Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2011.104
Keywords
ionic liquids; polyelectrolytes; superhydrophobic; thin films
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- European Commission [FP7-PEOPLE-IAPP-2008-230747]
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In this work, the fabrication of superhydrophobic coatings by the simultaneous spraying of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes and nanoparticles is reported. This method is based on the polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer method but utilizes a fast simultaneous spraying approach. Superhydrophobic coatings showing water contact angles >150 degrees were obtained using poly[(1-vinyl-3-ethyl imidazolium) bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl) imide] as a fluorinated polyelectrolyte alternative to Nafion. To obtain superhydrophobic thin films, fumed silica nanoparticles and clay nanorods were introduced into the polyelectrolyte multilayer films. The resultant superhydrophobic films showed both micro-and nano-scale features, as revealed by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Our polymeric ionic liquid derivatives show synthetic advantages compared with classic fluorinated polyelectrolytes. Polymer Journal (2011) 43, 966-970; doi:10.1038/pj.2011.104; published online 26 October 2011
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