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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 593, Issue -, Pages 67-78Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.012
Keywords
Photochromism; Spiropyran; Latex nanoparticles; Nanofiber; Ultrahydrophobic surface; Wettability
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- Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) [99001094]
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Polymeric coatings with photo-responsive properties can switch between hydrophobic and hydrophilic states through light irradiation, displaying ultrahydrophobic characteristics. This technology has great potential in the development of smart surfaces.
polymeric coatings displayed water droplet contact angles in the range of 60-93?, which could reversibly be switched to 55-86? upon UV light (365 nm) illumination as a result of isomerization of the hydrophobic spiro form to the zwitterionic merocyanine form. The nanofibrous coatings prepared by electrospinning method displayed higher contact angles in the range of 120-136?, which was switched to 78-105? upon UV light irradiation. The developed photo-responsive coatings displayed highly-efficient photoswitching between the two hydrophobic and hydrophilic states as a response to UV and visible light irradiation. The photoswitchable nanofibrous coatings displayed ultrahydrophobic characteristics, where the colored water droplets were stable on their surface and could easily be adsorbed by a cellulosic tissue. In summary, the photoswitchable nanofibrous coatings could be applied for design and development of ultrahydrophobic materials with the ability of photo-controlling of surface wettability by light irradiation Hypothesis: Light-controlling of surface characteristics in polymeric coatings has been a significant research area because of its potential application in development of smart surfaces. Wettability of light-responsive polymeric coatings based on spiropyran photochromic compound could be tuned by light irradiation. This is mainly because of spiropyran isomerization between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic states. Experiments: Light-responsive latex nanoparticles containing spiropyran moieties were synthesized by semi-continuous emulsion copolymerization of acrylate monomers, which have different chain flexibility depending on the copolymer composition. Photochromic properties of spiropyran in stimuli-responsive latex nanoparticles displayed dependence of photochromism intensity and its kinetics to flexibility of the polymer chains in addition to the polarity of media. Photoswitchable surface wettability of the spiropyran-containing acrylic copolymer coatings was investigated, where the photo-responsive coatings were prepared by solution casting and electrospinning methods. Findings: The photoswitchable coatings prepared by solution casting and electrospinning methods showed significant differences in their physical characteristics and especially surface wettability. The
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