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Robust Underwater Oil-Repellent Biomimetic Ceramic Surfaces: Combining the Stability and Reproducibility of Functional Structures

Journal

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
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Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c13857

Keywords

mechanical stability; underwater low oil adhesion; underwater superoleophobic; biomimetic; ceramic; structure reproducibility

Funding

  1. EPSRC Program Manufacture Using Advanced Powder Processes (MAPP) [EP/P006566]
  2. Imperial College London [01790264]
  3. China Scholarship Council [202008060076, 202006440011]

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A robust underwater oil-resistant material with high mechanical strength and durability, superwettability, and low oil adhesion has been fabricated through gel casting. The material exhibits excellent underwater superoleophobicity and low oil adhesion, along with good antiacid/alkali properties, high salt resistance, and high load tolerance.
Robust underwater oil-repellent materials combining high mechanical strength and durability with superwettability and low oil adhesion are needed to build oil-repellent devices able to work in water, to manipulate droplet behavior, etc. However, combining all of these properties within a single, durable material remains a challenge. Herein, we fabricate a robust underwater oil-resistant material (Al2O3) with all of the above properties by gel casting. The micro/nanoceramic particles distributed on the surface endow the material with excellent underwater superoleophobicity (similar to 160 degrees) and low oil adhesion (<4 mu N). In addition, the substrate exhibits typical ceramic characteristics such as good antiacid/alkali properties, high salt resistance, and high load tolerance. These excellent properties make the material not only applicable to various liquid environments but also resistant to the impact of particles and other physical damage. More importantly, the substrate could still exhibit underwater superoleophobicity after being worn under specific conditions, as wear will create new surfaces with similar particle size distribution. This approach is easily scalable for mass production, which could open a pathway for the fabrication of practical underwater long-lasting functional interfacial materials.

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