4.6 Article

Superhydrophobic and Antibacterial Hierarchical Surface Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser

Journal

SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 14, Issue 19, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su141912412

Keywords

femtosecond laser; 304 stainless steel; micro structure; ZnO nanowires; liquid processing

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51875006, 51705009]
  2. International Research Cooperation Seed Fund of Beijing University of Technology [2021B21]
  3. Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province [F2020208018]
  4. Funding for Introduction of Overseas Researcher of Hebei Province [C20190331]

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This paper investigates the fabrication method of micro/nano hierarchical superhydrophobic surface on 304 stainless steel and the enhancement of antibacterial property by coating hydrophobic coating and structuring ZnO nanowires.
Superhydrophobic surfaces are important in many applications owing to their special properties such as self-cleaning, anti-icing, antibacterial, and anti-fogging. In this paper, a micro/nano hierarchical superhydrophobic surface with a low roll-off angle was created on 304 stainless steel. The water contact angle was measured to be 152 degrees with a roll-off angle of 7.3 degrees. Firstly, microscale bumps were created by femtosecond laser irradiation. Secondly, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires were fabricated on the laser-induced bumps using a hydrothermal synthesis method. Results show that after laser treatment and ZnO nanostructuring, the stainless steel surface became superhydrophobic. However, the roll-off angle of this hierarchical structure surface was larger than 90 degrees. To reduce the surface activity, trimethoxy silane hydrophobic coating was applied. A 7.3 degrees roll-off angle was achieved on the coated surface. The underlying mechanism was discussed. The hydrophobic ZnO structured surface can help prevent bacterial contamination from water, which is important for implants. Thus, for biomedical applications, the antibacterial property of this hierarchical surface was examined. It was found that the antibacterial property of sample surfaces with ZnO nanowires were significantly increased. The optical density (OD) of Escherichia coli (E. coli) attached to the original surface was 0.93. For the micro-structured surface (with bumps), the OD was 0.9, and for the hierarchical surface (with bump & nanowires), it was 0.54. For nanostructured ZnO nanowire surface, the OD was only 0.09. It demonstrates good antibacterial properties of ZnO nanowires.

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