Journal
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 371, Issue -, Pages 833-841Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.03.222
Keywords
Superhydrophobic; Candelilla wax; Rice bran wax; Non-Newtonian fluid
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51572161]
- Key Scientific Research Group of Shaanxi province [2013KCT-08]
- Scientific Research Group of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology [TD12-03]
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Superhydrophobic coatings were fabricated with edible candelilla wax and rice bran wax via one step spraying a wax-in-ethanol hot solution on polypropylene (PP) substrates for food containers. Beautiful flower-like surface microstructures were formed only by self-roughening of the coating without adding any nanomaterials or any lithography step, making the coatings display great superhydrophobicity for a variety of non-Newtonian viscous liquids with contact angles higher than 150 degrees and sliding angles close to 0 degrees. The as-coated PP can keep excellent superhydrophobic properties after impact from hot aqueous solution (about 70 degrees C) or 1200 repeated bends, exhibiting good heat resistance and superior flexibility. Importantly, the excellent durability could make it super-repel non-Newtonian fluids after various types of damage (including finger touching and multiple abrasion cycles with sandpaper). This approach can be applied to the inner surface of all kinds of food packaging to reduce liquid food residue.
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