Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 11, Issue 35, Pages 32381-32389Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b09524
Keywords
superhydrophobic; bioinspired; porous framework; robust; elastic
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- Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency
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Superhydrophobic materials with micro/nanotextured surface have attracted tremendous attention owing to their potential applications such as self-cleaning, antifouling, anti-icing, and corrosion prevention. Such a micro/nanotextured surface is a key for high water repellency. However, such a texture is fragile and readily damaged when the material is deformed, scratched, or sliced off. Thus, it is challenging to develop superhydrophobic materials that can sustain high water repellency after experiencing such a mechanical deformation and damage. Here we report abrasion/ scratching/slicing/droplet impacting/bending/twisting-tolerant superhydrophobic flexible materials with porcupinefish-like structure by using a composite of micrometer-scale tetrapod-shaped ZnO and poly(dimethylsiloxane). Owing to the geometry of the tetrapod and elasticity of poly(dimethylsiloxane), the composite material exhibits stable water repellency after 1000 abrasion and 1000 bending cycles, or even after their surfaces were sliced off many times. The material maintains superhydrophobicity even under a mechanically deformed state such as bending and twisting. The materials can be painted on a variety of substrates and molded into desired shapes and used in a myriad of applications that require superhydrophobicity.
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