接触角滞后对组合表面液滴运动的影响

本文通过控制NaOH和(NH_4)_2S_2O_8溶液的刻蚀时间,制备了具有不同接触角滞后超疏水区的0.5 mm-0.5mm超疏水疏水组合表面,可视化研究了常压纯蒸汽下液滴脱落半径,冲刷周期,尺寸分布.电镜表征结果表明,刻蚀时间越长,所制备超疏水表面的微纳结构越细,导致液滴接触角滞后增加。在0.5 mm-0.5 mm超疏水-疏水组合表面冷凝过程中,存在两种排液行为:液滴横向抽吸和液滴跨区脱落。随着超疏水区接触角滞后的增加,对液滴的抽吸作用越强。液滴跨区脱落直径随着超疏水区接触角滞后的增加有减小趋势,表面冲刷周期随超疏水区接触角滞后的增加而减小;与完全疏水表面相比,组合表面疏水区域液滴尺寸较小,主要集中在50μm以内。     

亲水性微观粗糙表面润湿状态转变性能研究

以亲水性微观粗糙表面上不同几何形貌及分布的微柱阵列为对象, 讨论了液滴在亲水性粗糙表面上的润湿过程以及润湿状态的转变阶段. 从能量角度分别考察了微观粗糙结构几何形貌及分布、微柱几何参数、固体表面亲水性、接触角滞后作用等因素对液滴润湿状态转变的影响规律. 研究发现: 在亲水粗糙表面, 正方形微柱呈正六边形阵列分布时, 液滴更容易形成稳定的Cassie状态, 或者液滴仅发生Cassie状态向中间浸润状态的转变; 与此同时, 减小微柱间距、增大方柱宽度或圆柱直径、增大微柱高度、增强固体表面的亲水性将有利于液滴处于稳定的Cassie状态, 或阻止润湿状态向伪-Wenzel或Wenzel状态转变; 然而, 当液滴处于Cassie状态时, 较小的固-液界面面积分数或减弱固体表面亲水性能均有利于增大液滴的表观接触角, 因此在亲水表面设计粗糙结构时应综合考虑润湿状态稳定性和较大表观接触角两方面因素; 此外, 接触角滞后作用对于液滴状态的稳定性以及疏水性能的实现具有相反作用的影响. 研究结果为液滴在亲水表面获得稳定Cassie状态的粗糙结构设计方法提供了理论依据. 关键词： 亲水表面 微观粗糙结构 表面自由能 润湿状态转变     

基于空间光调制器的飞秒激光时空干涉在不锈钢表面高效率制备超疏水功能的仿生结构

基于空间光调制器的飞秒激光时空干涉方法,改变800 nm飞秒激光能流密度和累积脉冲数,在316镜面不锈钢上高效率、高质量地制备了面积为5 mm×5 mm的双尺度的类鲨鱼皮肤微纳米仿生结构,并研究了该结构在不同激光照射条件下的润湿性。在激光能流密度为1.37 J/cm~2,累积脉冲数为30～40的条件下,不锈钢表面碳元素含量最多增加了13.22%,润湿性由亲水(接触角88°)转变为超疏水,接触角高达165°。本研究利用灵活、高效的飞秒激光时空干涉加工方法,得到了稳定的超疏水表面,为仿生结构制备提供了新思路。     

碳纳米管阵列超双疏性质的发现

用高温裂解酞菁金属络合物方法制备了几种具有不同形貌的阵列碳纳米管膜 ,并对其超疏水和超双疏性质进行了研究 .对于具有均匀长度和外径的阵列碳纳米管膜 ,文章作者发现 ,在未经任何处理时 ,其表现出超疏水和超亲油性质 ,与水的接触角为 15 8 5± 1 5° ,与油的接触角为 0± 1 0°.经氟化处理后 ,则表现出超双疏性质 ,与水和油的接触角分别为 171± 0 5°和 16 1± 1 0° .对具有类荷叶结构的阵列碳纳米管膜 ,其表面形貌与荷叶的十分接近 ,且在未经任何处理时所表现出的超疏水性也与荷叶的非常接近 ,与水的接触角为 16 6° ,滚动角为 8° .这种超疏水和超双疏性质是由表面的纳米结构以及微米结构和纳米结构的结合产生的 .这一发现为无氟超疏水表面 界面材料的研究提供了新的思路     

微纳复合结构表面稳定润湿状态及转型过程的热力学分析

自然界中的微纳复合结构超疏水表面由于其独特的润湿性质引起了人们的广泛关注, 大量实验研究表明了仿生人工微纳复合结构表面润湿性能的优越性, 然而液滴在微纳复合结构表面的润湿状态和转型过程的理论研究还并不完善. 本文首先用热力学方法分析了液滴在微纳复合结构表面可能存在的所有状态(四种稳定润湿状态和五种亚稳态到稳定态转型中的过渡态), 推导出了相应的能量表达式及表观接触角方程; 基于最小能量原理, 确定液滴在微纳复合结构表面的稳定状态, 较以往模型相比, 能够更好的预测已有的实验结果; 其次研究了微纳结构尺寸对稳定润湿状态和亚稳态到稳定态转型过程的影响; 最后提出了微纳复合结构表面设计原则, 即确定“超疏水稳定区”尺寸范围, 为超疏水表面的制备提供理论依据.     

超疏水聚合物表面的水滴蒸发模拟

基于质量守恒和Fick第一定律，模拟了水滴在超疏水聚合物表面的蒸发全过程．研究从以往的接触角<90±扩展到>150±，液滴形貌扩展为椭球球帽模型进行疏水表面蒸发模拟．水滴在超疏水PC和FPU/PMMA表面蒸发的实验结果显示，计算的椭球球帽模型可以更好的反映出液滴接触角和高度的变化情况，并且不同聚合物表面接触角的相同变化趋势也揭示出微-纳二级结构表面结构不仅影响液滴接触角，也影响液滴蒸发模式．     

超疏水-疏水组合表面蒸汽冷凝的实验研究

液滴的快速脱落和移除对蒸汽滴状冷凝传热具有重要的影响,超疏水表面由丁二具有接触角大,接触角滞后小的优点而用于驱动冷凝液滴的自发运动,但是,常压蒸汽在超疏水表面冷凝时,液滴的润湿形态还没有定论。本文设计了超疏水疏水条纹间隔排列的超疏水一疏水组合表面,研究了常压蒸汽在组合表面上的冷凝过程,观测了液滴的运动特性,测量了超疏水一疏水组合表面上常压蒸汽冷凝传热性能。实验结果显示疏水区液滴在表面张力差的作用下从疏水区向超疏水区自发迁移,说明超疏水区液滴处于Wenzel润湿形态,超疏水一疏水组合表面蒸汽冷凝传热性能比完全超疏水和完全疏水表面传热性能的面积加权平均值大。说明液滴的自发迁移运动强化了疏水区的传热性能。     

纳米粒子构建表面的超疏水性能实验研究

采用疏水纳米粉体压片法和岩心吸附法构建了具有微纳米结构的表面,测试了这些表面的接触角,拍摄了水滴在吸附纳米粒子的岩石表面的滚动过程照片,采用扫描电子显微镜(scanning electron microscope,SEM)检测了表面的微结构.实验结果表明：无机纳米粒子经弱疏水性材料修饰后,其表面润湿性由强亲水变为强疏水;疏水纳米粒子吸附表面的接触角均大于120°,滚动角约7°,显示出超疏水特性;SEM照片显示,这些超疏水表面是具有不规则微纳米结构的气固复合面,符合Cassie-Baxter的复合表面模型. 关键词： 超疏水 纳米粒子 微纳米结构表面 接触角     

两步法制备超疏水性ZnO纳米棒薄膜

采用两步法制备了超疏水性ZnO纳米棒薄膜,在用磁控溅射在普通玻璃衬底上生长一层ZnO籽晶层基础上,利用液相法制备了空间取向高度一致的ZnO纳米棒阵列,经修饰后由亲水性转变为超疏水性.用扫描电子显微镜观察了纳米棒的表面结构,用接触角测量仪测出水滴在ZnO纳米棒薄膜表面的接触角为151°±05°,滚动角为7°.用Cassie模型对ZnO纳米棒薄膜的超疏水性进行了验证. 关键词： ZnO纳米棒 超疏水 两步法     

自然对流条件下仿生超疏水表面的抑霜研究

仿生超疏水表面具有多重纳米和微米级的超微结构,其与水滴的接触角一般在150度以上,本文将这种仿生超疏水表面应用到制冷抑霜实验中,观察其表面上水珠的生成、冻结、初始霜晶的出现以及最终霜晶的特殊形态,与普通金属表面上霜的形成过程相比,这种表面具有很强的抑霜性,在-10℃的冷表面上它能延迟初始霜晶的形成55 min以上,其最终形成的霜晶结构松散,较易去除.在实验中首次发现了在该表面上形成的霜晶形态特异,类似一朵朵菊花.最后本文从理论上分析了这种表面的抑霜机理.     

液滴在梯度微结构表面上的铺展动力学分析

本文通过改变肋柱宽度和间距, 构造了二级和多级梯度微结构表面, 采用格子-Boltzmann方法对液滴在两种梯度表面上的铺展过程进行了研究, 探析液滴运动的机理和调控方法. 结果表明, 在改变肋柱间距的二级梯度表面上, 当液滴处于Cassie态时, 接触角滞后大小与粗糙度梯度成正比关系; 当液滴从Cassie态转换为Wenzel态或介于两者之间的不稳定态时, 这一正比关系不再遵循. 在改变肋柱宽度的二级梯度表面上, 接触角滞后大小与粗糙度梯度始终成正比关系. 在多级梯度表面上, 随液滴初始半径增大, 接触角滞后减小, 但液滴平衡位置相较于初始位置偏离增大. 对梯度微结构表面上液滴运动和接触角滞后的定量分析, 可为实现梯度微结构表面液滴运动调控提供理论依据.     

Suspended penetration wetting state of droplets on microstructured surfaces

When a water droplet on a micropillar-structured hydrophobic surface is submitted to gradually increased pressure, the CassieBaxter wetting state transforms into the Wenzel wetting state once the pressure exceeds a critical value. It has been assumed that the reverse transition(Wenzel-to-Cassie-Baxter wetting state) cannot happen spontaneously after the pressure has been removed.In this paper, we report a new wetting-state transition. When external pressure is exerted on a droplet in the Cassie-Baxter wetting state on textured surfaces with high micropillars to trigger the breakdown of this wetting state, the droplet penetrates the micropillars but does not touch the base of the surface to trigger the occurrence of the Wenzel wetting state. We have named this state the suspended penetration wetting state. Spontaneous recovery from the suspended penetration wetting state to the initial Cassie-Baxter wetting state is achieved when the pressure is removed. Based on the experimental results, we built models to establish the penetration depth that the suspended penetration wetting state could achieve and to understand the energy barrier that influences the equilibrium position of the liquid surface. These results deepen our understanding of wetting states on rough surfaces subjected to external disturbances and shed new light on the design of superhydrophobic materials with a robust wetting stability.     

Wetting property of smooth and textured hydrophobic surfaces under condensation condition

Static and dynamic wetting behaviors of sessile droplet on smooth, microstructured and micro/nanostructured surface under condensation condition are systematically studied. In contrast to the conventional droplet wetting on such natural materials by dropping, we demonstrate here that when dropwise condensation occurs, the sessile droplet will transit from the Cassie-Baxter wetting state to the Wenzel wetting state or partial Cassie-Baxter wetting state on the microstructured surface or the micro/nanostructured surface, which leads to a strong adhesion between the droplet and the substrate. In contrast, the apparent contact angle and the sliding angle on the smooth surface changes a little before and after the condensation because of small roughness. Theoretical analysis shows that the roughness factor controls the adhesion force of the droplet during condensation, and a theoretical model is constructed which will be helpful for us to understand the relationship between the adhesion force and the geometry of the surface.     

A Model for the Contact Angle of Liquid Droplets on Rough Surfaces

Up to now, measured results of the contact angle on rough surfaces have been explained usually based on the Wenzel equation （1936） and the Cassie-Baxter equation （1944）. However, these equations do not take into account considerations of liquid wetting behaviors on rough surfaces, and this leads to poor understanding of the mechanisms of contact between liquid droplets and rough surfaces （e.g. contact angle hysteresis）. We propose a new model for the contact angle of liquid droplets. By means of the present model, we can well understand the evperimental data which could not be well explained by the Wenzel equation and the Cassie-Baxter equation.     

Water condensation on zinc surfaces treated by chemical bath deposition

Water condensation, a complex and challenging process, is investigated on a metallic (Zn) surface, regularly used as anticorrosive surface. The Zn surface is coated with hydroxide zinc carbonate by chemical bath deposition, a very simple, low-cost and easily applicable process. As the deposition time increases, the surface roughness augments and the contact angle with water can be varied from 75° to 150°, corresponding to changing the surface properties from hydrophobic to ultrahydrophobic and superhydrophobic. During the condensation process, the droplet growth laws and surface coverage are found similar to what is found on smooth surfaces, with a transition from Cassie-Baxter to Wenzel wetting states at long times. In particular, it is noticeable in view of corrosion effects that the water surface coverage remains on order of 55%.     

正癸烷纳米液滴润湿特性的分子动力学研究

流体液滴在固体表面的浸润性对其润滑性能至关重要.本文利用分子动力学方法研究了正癸烷纳米液滴在铜表面上的润湿特性.结果表明：在平坦光滑表面上,壁面的厚度和分子数目对润湿效果影响不大.随着壁面能量势阱参数εs 增大,接触角线性减小.随着温度升高,液滴的接触角减小.在沟槽粗糙表面上,随着粗糙度因子增大,对于疏液表面,接触角增大到一定值后基本保持不变,符合Cassie理论;中性和亲液表面接触角则会减小,为Wenzel润湿模式.当表面分数增大时,疏液与亲液表面接触角整体呈减小的趋势,对中性表面影响不大.当温度升高时,粗糙疏液表面接触角会增大,润湿效果更差,而粗糙中性和亲液表面液滴润湿性会更好.     

Morphological modification of the surface of polymers by the replication of the structure of anodic aluminum oxide

Anodic aluminum oxide films have been used as stamps to modify polymer materials in order to create superhydrophobic surfaces. Using polyethylene terephthalate, it has been shown that a high replication degree leads to a strong increase in the water wetting contact angle (up to 174°). However, the inverse situation is observed for the case of low replication degrees: hydrophilization of the surface occurs, which can be explained by a change of the Cassie-Baxter wetting mechanism to the Wenzel mechanism.     

Wetting characteristics of ZnO smooth film and nanowire structure with and without OTS coating

ZnO is an important material that is used in a variety of technologies including optical devices, sensors, and other microsystems. In many of these technologies, wettability is of great concern because of its implications in numerous surface related interactions. In this work, the effects of surface morphology and surface energy on the wetting characteristics of ZnO were investigated. ZnO specimens were prepared in both smooth film and nanowire structure in order to investigate the effects of surface morphology. Also, a hydrophobic octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) coating was used to chemically modify the surface energy of the ZnO surface. Wettability of the surfaces was assessed by measuring the water contact angle. The results showed that the water contact angle varied significantly with surface morphology as well as surface energy. OTS coated ZnO nanowire specimen had the highest contact angle of 150°, which corresponded to a superhydrophobic surface. This was a drastic difference from the contact angle of 87° obtained for the smooth ZnO film specimen. In addition to the initial contact angle, the evolution of the water droplet with respect to time was investigated. The wetting state of water droplet was analyzed with both Wenzel and Cassie-Baxter models. Spontaneous and gradual spreading, together with evaporation phenomenon contributed to the changing shape, and hence the varying contact angle, of the water droplet over time.     

Cassie-Baxter to Wenzel state wetting transition: Scaling of the front velocity

We experimentally study the dynamics of water in the Cassie-Baxter state to Wenzel state transition on surfaces decorated with assemblies of micrometer-size square pillars arranged on a square lattice. The transition on the micro-patterned superhydrophobic polymer surfaces is followed with a high-speed camera. Detailed analysis of the movement of the liquid during this transition reveals the wetting front velocity dependence on the geometry and material properties. We show that a decrease in gap size as well as an increase in pillar height and intrinsic material hydrophobicity result in a lower front velocity. Scaling arguments based on balancing surface forces and viscous dissipation allow us to derive a relation with which we can rescale all experimentally measured front velocities, obtained for various pattern geometries and materials, on one single curve.