双级微结构上二氧化硅粒子对微注压成型PP表面润湿特性的影响

提出一种柔性复制法,采用微注射压缩(μ-ICM)成型具有微拓扑结构的仿生聚丙烯(PP)表面.通过复制模板上的双级微结构,所成型的PP材料表面上呈现具有锥形顶面的双级微结构,即微棱和高纵横比的微锥体.由于微锥体之间的间隙较大,水滴浸润其间隙的上方,这使该表面呈现中等黏附的超疏水特性.在μ-ICM过程中,涂覆在模板上的二氧化硅纳米粒子(SNPs)被转移到熔体中,并牢牢附着于微结构表层,赋予其表面亚微米或微米粗糙度,形成多层次微结构.在附着有亲水SNPs的微结构上,高表面自由能使水滴完全浸润微锥体之间的间隙,表面的水接触角为161.9°、滚动角大于90°,呈现极高黏附的超疏水特性(花瓣效应);在附着有疏水SNPs的微结构上,水滴受疏水SNPs的排斥而减弱与表面之间的黏附作用,表面的水接触角为163.5°、滚动角为3.5°,呈现极低黏附的超疏水特性(荷叶效应).     

超声辅助制备超疏水聚丙烯表面花瓣状微纳结构

超疏水微纳结构表面广泛应用于自清洁、防冰、抗菌、柔性传感等领域,但其制备工艺仍面临一定的挑战.以阳极氧化铝(AAO)膜为模板,采用热压印在聚丙烯(PP)表面成型了规整的纳米结构阵列.对纳米结构阵列进行超声处理,在超声空化作用下,PP表面纳米结构转变为类花瓣状微纳结构.结果表明,经超声处理后的微纳结构PP表面的接触角从152.3°上升至160.0°,滚动角从11.5°降低至1.8°,表面黏附力从75μN降低至38μN,呈现典型的超疏水低黏附特性且其自清洁效应明显.采用模板法与超声辅助相结合的方法制备超疏水微纳表面具有方便快捷、成本低廉、效果显著的优点,有望应用于工业生产领域.     

三角紫叶酢浆草叶面的超疏水性

三角紫叶酢浆草叶面有很好的超疏水性,水滴在其表面的接触角约为150°,滚动角约为15°。研究发现,在三角紫叶酢浆草的叶面,分布有微纳米二元复合阶层结构的"星型"微凸体,微凸体之间有大量凹槽和空隙,复合阶层结构表面能吸附一层空气膜,液滴与其表面的接触是液、固、气的复合接触。此外,植物的叶面有低表面能的蜡状物,微纳米级的复合阶层结构及其表面的低表面能物质的协同效应使其表面显示出优异的超疏水性能。该研究有望为仿生超疏水材料的制备提供有益的启示与借鉴。     

形状记忆聚合物表面微结构及黏附性能的可逆调控

采用模板法在形状记忆聚合物表面构筑了微纳米等级结构,获得了一种具有低黏附性的超疏水表面.在外压作用下,表面微结构发生坍塌,失去超疏水性,同时呈高黏附性.在120℃热处理后,表面微结构恢复到原始状态,同时表面恢复到低黏附状态.通过外压及热处理过程可实现对表面微结构及其黏附性能的可逆调控.研究结果表明,表面不同的微结构状态赋予了表面不同的黏附性能,即在原始表面上,液滴处于低黏附的Cassie态,而在坍塌结构表面上水滴处于高黏附的Wenzel态.     

超疏水低粘着铜表面制备及其防覆冰性能

用喷砂处理在铜片表面形成微米级丘陵状凹坑,再用表面氧化处理在铜片表面制备菊花花瓣状CuO纳米片.通过喷砂-表面氧化处理在铜片表面成功构建了微米-纳米复合结构,这种表面氟化后与水滴的接触角高达161°,滚动角低至1°,显示出优异的超疏水性和很低的粘着性.低温下,这种表面与水滴间的热量交换较小,水滴不易凝结,有效地提高了抗结霜性.抗结霜性良好的超疏水铜有望在热交换器或低温运行设备等领域获得应用,这种简便的超疏水铜表面的制备方法也给其它工程材料超疏水表面的工业化制备提供了一个思路.     

氨气腐蚀法制备黏附性能可控的超疏水铜表面

采用简单便捷的方法制备出了具有不同黏附性能的超疏水表面. 通过控制氨气对金属铜表面的腐蚀时间, 分别制备了具有微米球及微米棒状结构的表面. 利用低表面能氟硅烷(FAS)修饰后, 2种表面均表现出超疏水特性(接触角均大于150°), 然而其黏附性能却截然相反. 具有微球结构的表面呈现出高黏附特性, 而具有微米棒状结构的表面则显示出低黏附特性. 研究发现, 表面不同的微观结构导致了液滴在其表面上分别处于Cassie-impregnating wetting态及Cassie态, 从而呈现出了不同的黏附性能.     

冬瓜皮表面白霜的超疏水性研究

冬瓜是一种常见的蔬菜,大部分品种成熟时表面覆盖一层类似于"白霜"的粉末。本文使用扫描电镜、接触角测量仪、傅立叶变换红外光谱、X射线衍射仪等设备对冬瓜皮表面白霜的浸润性、结构形貌及其组成进行了研究,证实了冬瓜皮表面白霜的超疏水特性,水滴在其表面的接触角高达154.8±3.5°,且滚动角小于5°。研究表明,冬瓜皮表面的白霜呈现微纳米多级拓扑结构,主要由长链脂肪酸、长链烷烃酯类组成,这种微纳米拓扑结构和化学组成的协同作用决定了冬瓜皮表面的超疏水性。本工作可为进一步了解、设计此类结构材料提供数据积累。     

喷砂-阳极氧化-氟化处理构筑铝合金超疏水表面

为研究复合法制备超疏水表面过程中主要工艺参数对表面形貌及超疏水性能的影响, 开发了一种喷砂-阳极氧化复合方法, 在铝合金表面构筑了微米-纳米二级结构, 经氟化处理后获得了超疏水特性. 结果表明, 喷砂处理在铝合金表面通过冲蚀的凹坑构筑出微米结构, 阳极氧化则在铝合金表面通过蜂窝状氧化膜构筑纳米结构. 但单纯构筑粗糙结构或单纯改变表面化学组成均不能在铝合金表面获得超疏水特性. 单纯的微米结构或纳米结构, 即使有低表面能聚合物修饰也不能获得超疏水特性. 只有微米-纳米二级结构和低表面能聚合物的协同作用, 才能有效构筑铝合金超疏水表面. 这种铝合金与水滴接触时, 形成的气阱可减小固体表面与水滴的接触面积, 降低表面与水滴间的热量交换, 从而减缓水分子的凝结, 提高铝合金的抗霜冻性. 同时, 气阱还可有效减缓海水的腐蚀, 提高铝合金的耐海水腐蚀性.     

静电纺丝制备具有浸润性梯度的聚酰亚胺纳米纤维膜

采用高压静电纺丝技术, 在非对称异型电极上制备得到放射状聚酰亚胺(PI)纳米纤维膜. 采用环境扫描电子显微镜(ESEM)观察了PI膜的微观形貌以及纳米纤维的排列状态; 采用接触角测量仪研究了水滴浸润性的变化; 采用高敏感性力学微电力学天平测量了水滴的黏附力, 分析了微观形貌变化与水滴浸润性质和黏附性质的关系. 结果表明, 该PI纳米纤维膜沿着非对称异型电极三角电极至弧型电极方向纤维排列由密到疏, 呈放射状, 具有独特的微结构梯度; 整个纤维膜上的PI纳米纤维直径均一且具有光滑均匀表面, 纤维与纤维之间的距离约为几微米到几十微米. 由于PI纳米纤维膜所具有的独特的微结构梯度, 致使沿着微结构梯度方向水滴的接触角(从超疏水到疏水)和黏附力(从低黏附到高黏附)均表现出梯度变化的特征.     

超疏水碱式碳酸钴纳米线薄膜的制备及抗腐蚀性

以镍为基底,采用水热法在其表面制得碱式碳酸钴纳米线薄膜,用十二烷基硫醇进行表面修饰后其表现出超疏水性,水滴在其表面的接触角达到152.3°,滚动角接近5°.研究结果表明,薄膜表面微纳米阶层结构及低表面物质的协同作用使其呈超疏水性.与普通镍片和硫醇修饰前的碱式碳酸钴纳米线薄膜相比,超疏水碱式碳酸钴纳米线薄膜具有更好的抗腐蚀性.相关研究有望为超疏水金属表面的制备及其抗腐蚀性研究提供思路.     

Nanostructures increase water droplet adhesion on hierarchically rough superhydrophobic surfaces

Hierarchical roughness is known to effectively reduce the liquid-solid contact area and water droplet adhesion on superhydrophobic surfaces, which can be seen for example in the combination of submicrometer and micrometer scale structures on the lotus leaf. The submicrometer scale fine structures, which are often referred to as nanostructures in the literature, have an important role in the phenomenon of superhydrophobicity and low water droplet adhesion. Although the fine structures are generally termed as nanostructures, their actual dimensions are often at the submicrometer scale of hundreds of nanometers. Here we demonstrate that small nanometric structures can have very different effect on surface wetting compared to the large submicrometer scale structures. Hierarchically rough superhydrophobic TiO(2) nanoparticle surfaces generated by the liquid flame spray (LFS) on board and paper substrates revealed that the nanoscale surface structures have the opposite effect on the droplet adhesion compared to the larger submicrometer and micrometer scale structures. Variation in the hierarchical structure of the nanoparticle surfaces contributed to varying droplet adhesion between the high- and low-adhesive superhydrophobic states. Nanoscale structures did not contribute to superhydrophobicity, and there was no evidence of the formation of the liquid-solid-air composite interface around the nanostructures. Therefore, larger submicrometer and micrometer scale structures were needed to decrease the liquid-solid contact area and to cause the superhydrophobicity. Our study suggests that a drastic wetting transition occurs on superhydrophobic surfaces at the nanometre scale; i.e., the transition between the Cassie-Baxter and Wenzel wetting states will occur as the liquid-solid-air composite interface collapses around nanoscale structures. Consequently, water adheres tightly to the surface by penetrating into the nanostructure. The droplet adhesion mechanism presented in this paper gives valuable insight into a phenomenon of simultaneous superhydrophobicity and high water droplet adhesion and contributes to a more detailed comprehension of superhydrophobicity overall.     

Petal effect: a superhydrophobic state with high adhesive force

Hierarchical micropapillae and nanofolds are known to exist on the petals' surfaces of red roses. These micro- and nanostructures provide a sufficient roughness for superhydrophobicity and yet at the same time a high adhesive force with water. A water droplet on the surface of the petal appears spherical in shape, which cannot roll off even when the petal is turned upside down. We define this phenomenon as the "petal effect" as compared with the popular "lotus effect". Artificial fabrication of biomimic polymer films, with well-defined nanoembossed structures obtained by duplicating the petal's surface, indicates that the superhydrophobic surface and the adhesive petal are in Cassie impregnating wetting state.     

Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surface with Different Metal Films on Aluminum Alloy

A simple technique was developed for the fabrication of a superhydrophobic surface on the aluminum alloy sheets. Different hierarchical structures(Ag, Co, Ni and Zn) were formed on the aluminum surface by the galvanic replacement reactions. After the chemical modification of them with fluorination, the wettability of the surfaces was changed from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity. Scanning electron microscopy(SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry(EDS) and water contact angle measurement were performed to characterize the morphological characteristic, chemical composition and superhydrophobicity of the surfaces. The as-prepared superhydrophobic surfaces showed a water contact angle as high as ca.160° and sliding angle as low as ca.3°. We hope the method to produce superhydrophobic surface can be used in many fields.     

Superhydrophobic bionic surfaces with hierarchical microsphere/SWCNT composite arrays

Superhydrophobic bionic surfaces with hierarchical micro/nano structures were synthesized by decorating single-walled or multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on monolayer polystyrene colloidal crystals using a wet chemical self-assembly technique and subsequent surface treatment with a low surface-energy material of fluoroalkylsilane. The bionic surfaces are based on the regularly ordered colloidal crystals, and thus the surfaces have a uniform superhydrophobic property on the whole surface. Moreover, the wettability of the bionic surface can be well controlled by changing the distribution density of CNTs or the size of polystyrene microspheres. The morphologies of the synthesized bionic surfaces bear much resemblance to natural lotus leaves, and the wettability exhibited remarkable superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of about 165 degrees and a sliding angle of 5 degrees.     

A facial approach to fabricate superhydrophobic aluminum surface

A facial chemical etching method was developed for fabricating superhydrophobic aluminum surfaces. The resultant surfaces were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, water contact angle (WCA) measurement, and optical methods. The surfaces of the modified aluminum substrates exhibit superhydrophobicity, with a WCA of 154.8° ± 1.6° and a water sliding angle of about 5°. The etched surfaces have binary structure consisting of the irregular microscale plateaus and caves in which there are the nanoscale block‐like convexes and hollows. The superhydrophobicity of aluminum substrates occurs only in some structures in which the plateaus and caves are appropriately ordered. The resulted surfaces have good self‐cleaning properties. The results demonstrate that it is possible to construct superhydrophobic surface on hydrophilic substrates by tailoring the surface structure to providing more spaces to trap air. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fabrication of biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces by a simple flame treatment method

A simple flame treatment method was explored to construct micro/nanostructures on a surface and then fabricate a biomimetic superhydrophobic surface at a relatively low cost. SiO₂‐containing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was used as a substrate. The PDMS replicas with various micropatterned surfaces were fabricated using grass leaf, sand paper, and PET sheet with parallel groove geometry as templates via PDMS replica molding. The PDMS replica surfaces with micron structures and the surface of a flat PDMS sheet as a control sample were further treated by flame. The fabricated surfaces were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and water contact angle measurements. The effect of surface microstructures on the transparency of PDMS was also investigated. The studies indicate that the fine nanoscale structures can be produced on the surfaces of PDMS replicas and a flat PDMS sheet by a flame treatment method, and that the hierarchical surface roughness can be adjusted and controlled by varying the flame treatment time. The flame‐treated surfaces of PDMS replicas and a flat PDMS sheet possess superhydrophobicity and an ultra‐low sliding angle reaching a limiting value of 1°, and the anisotropic wettability of the PDMS replica surface with oriented microgroove structures can be greatly suppressed via flame treatment. The visible light transmittance of the flame‐treated flat PDMS surface decreases with prolonged flame treatment times. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Wetting and dewetting transitions on hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces

Many natural superhydrophobic structures have hierarchical two-tier roughness which is empirically known to promote robust superhydrophobicity. We report the wetting and dewetting properties of two-tier roughness as a function of the wettability of the working fluid, where the surface tension of water/ethanol drops is tuned by the mixing ratio, and compare the results to one-tier roughness. When the ethanol concentration of deposited drops is gradually increased on one-tier control samples, the impalement of the microtier-only surface occurs at a lower ethanol concentration compared to the nanotier-only surface. The corresponding two-tier surface exhibits a two-stage wetting transition, first for the impalement of the microscale texture and then for the nanoscale one. The impaled drops are subsequently subjected to vibration-induced dewetting. Drops impaling one-tier surfaces could not be dewetted; neither could drops impaling both tiers of the two-tier roughness. However, on the two-tier surface, drops impaling only the microscale roughness exhibited a full dewetting transition upon vibration. Our work suggests that two-tier roughness is essential for preventing catastrophic, irreversible wetting of superhydrophobic surfaces.     

Superhydrophobic polyimide films with a hierarchical topography: combined replica molding and layer-by-layer assembly

Artificial superhydrophobic surfaces with a hierarchical topography were fabricated by using layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolytes and silica nanoparticles on microsphere-patterned polyimide precursor substrates followed with thermal and fluoroalkylsilane treatment. In this special hierarchical topography, micrometer-scale structures were provided by replica molding of polyamic acid using two-dimensional arrays of polystyrene latex spheres as templates, and nanosized silica particles were then assembled on these microspheres to construct finer structures at the nanoscale. Heat treatment was conducted to induce chemical cross-linking between polyelectrolytes and simultaneously convert polyamic acid to polyimide. After surface modification with fluoroalkylsilane, the as-prepared highly hydrophilic surface was endowed with superhydrophobicity due to the bioinspired combination of low surface energy materials and hierarchical surface structures. A superhydrophobic surface with a static water contact angle of 160 degrees and sliding angle of less than 10 degrees was obtained. Notably, the polyimide microspheres were integrated with the substrate and were mechanically stable. In addition, the chemical and mechanical stability of the polyelectrolyte/silica nanoparticle multilayers could be increased by heat-induced cross-linking between polyelectrolytes to form nylon-like films, as well as the formation of interfacial chemical bonds.