Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 10, Issue 24, Pages 20869-20875Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b05570
Keywords
zwitterionic; dopamine; microgels; antifouling; antifogging; film
Funding
- National Science Foundation [DMR 1407645]
- Halliburton Company
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Multifunctional coatings that adhere to chemically distinct substrates are vital in many industries, including automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, construction, petrochemical, biomedical, and pharmaceutical. We design well-defined, nearly monodisperse microgels that integrate hydrophobic dopamine methacrylamide monomers and hydrophilic zwitterionic monomers. The dopamine functionalities operate as both intraparticle cross-linkers and interfacial binders, respectively providing mechanical strength of the coatings and their strong adhesion to different substrates. In tandem, the zwitterionic moieties enable surface hydration to empower antifouling and antifogging properties. Drop-casting of microgel suspensions in ambient as well as humid environments facilitates rapid film formation and tunable roughness through regulation of cross-linking density and deposition conditions.
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