期刊
POLYMERS
卷 14, 期 16, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14163303
关键词
superhydrophobic; bioinspired; biomimetic; UV-nanoimprint lithography
资金
- La Trobe University Leadership RFA Grant
- La Trobe University Theme Investment Schemes (ABC Scheme) Grant
- Collaboration and Research Engagement (CaRE) Grant
This study aims to produce a hydrophobic polymer film by mimicking the hierarchical micro/nanostructures found on the surface of rose petals. The presence of these structures on the polyurethane acrylate (PUA) film influenced its wettability behavior, leading to a highly hydrophobic surface. The film also displayed the water pinning effect, similar to natural materials.
This study aims to produce a hydrophobic polymer film by mimicking the hierarchical micro/nanostructures found on the surface of rose petals. A simple and two-step UV-based nanoimprint lithography was used to copy rose petal structures on the surface of a polyurethane acrylate (PUA) film. In the first step, the rose petal was used as a template, and its negative replica was fabricated on a commercial UV-curable polymer film. Following this, the negative replica was used as a stamp to produce rose petal mimetic structures on UV curable PUA film. The presence of these structures on PUA influenced the wettability behavior of PUA. Introducing the rose petal mimetic structures led the inherently hydrophilic material to display highly hydrophobic behavior. The neat PUA film showed a contact angle of 65 degrees, while the PUA film with rose petal mimetic structures showed a contact angle of 138 degrees. Similar to natural materials, PUA with rose petal mimetic structures also displayed the water pinning effect. The water droplet was shown to have adhered to the surface of PUA even when the surface was turned upside down.
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