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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 574, Issue -, Pages 347-354Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.065
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Superhydrophobic surfaces; Polymer; Transparent; Epoxy resin; Silica particles
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- Biotechnology Resource Center through the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [NIH P41EB020594]
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Hypothesis: The superhydrophobic lotus leaf has dual-scale surface structures, that is, nano-bumps on micro-mountains. Large hydrophilic particles, due to its high surface energy and weight, have high affility to substrates and tend to precipitate at the bottom of coating films. Small hydrophobic particles, due to its low surface energy and weight, tends to sit on the top of coating films and form porous structures. To mimic the lotus leaf surface, it may be possible to develop dual-sized particle films, in which small particles are decorated on large particles. Experiments: A one-step spin coating of a mixture of dual-sized silica particles (55/200 nm) was used. Epoxy resin was added to improve the adhesion of particle films. The single-sized and dual-sized particle films were compared. The mechanical robustness of particle films was tested by tape peeling and droplet impact. Findings: The novel combination of hydrophobic silica (55 nm) and hydrophilic silica (200 nm) is essential in creating the hierarchical structures. By combining the strong adhesion of hydrophilic silica (bottom of coating film) to polymer substrates and porous structures of hydrophobic silica (top of coating film), we first time report a one-step and versatile approach to create uniform, transparent, robust, and superhydrophobic surface. Crown Copyright (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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