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     

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。     

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     

从昆虫得到启发的防水材料

<正>当水与材料的表面接触时,对于亲水材料水滴会散开;对于疏水材料则形成水珠。这种现象是由水滴边缘和水滴下面的表面所成的角度——所谓的接触角——决定的。当接触角大于90°时表面是疏水的,大于160°时材料是超疏水的。超疏水性与表面化学及表面材质有关。当疏水表面暴露在雾中或潮湿的环境里,湿气会凝结成微小的水滴,其大小与表面的结构相当,微小的水滴将停留在表面结构中,随着露水累积,水滴增大,结果材料变湿。     

受限胶体液滴蒸发过程中胶体颗粒沉积过程观察

亲水玻璃基片在掩模板的保护下, 通过喷涂超疏水层, 得到了被疏水层包围的圆形亲水区域. 胶体液滴在这一区域被很好地限制, 并且液滴体积可以在较大范围内变化, 体积的变化可以改变液滴与基片的表观接触角. 通过显微观察手段原位观察了表观接触角为疏水的受限胶体液滴蒸发过程中粒子沉积行为. 在整个蒸发过程中, 受限液滴边界被钉扎在亲疏水交界处. 粒子沉积过程中, 驱动粒子的液滴内部流动会发生变化. 粒子沉积图案形成过程由三种流体行为控制, 最初, Marangoni效应占主导作用, 驱动粒子在液滴表面聚集, 随之沉积到液滴边缘; 随着蒸发进行, 当接触角变小(<60°)时, 由于边界蒸发速度更快导致的毛细补偿流使得粒子直接向边界沉积. 在干燥的最后阶段, 亲水区域内的液层变得很薄, 只有一单层粒子存在于这一薄液层中, 蒸发继续进行时, 薄液层发生失稳使得粒子迅速聚集而形成网络化图案, 由于粒子间距变小, 球间的液桥毛细力也会参与到这一聚集过程中.     

电场作用下纳米流体液滴在超疏水热表面蒸发特性的研究

本文研究了平行电场中超疏水热表面上氧化石墨烯纳米流体液滴的蒸发特性.利用可视化技术捕捉了液滴接触角、接触直径及瞬态相界面的变化.实验发现平行电场能够将液滴沿电势梯度方向拉伸成椭球状,并可以调控蒸发过程中液滴接触直径的变化过程及大小.当液滴接触直径收缩比减小至某一临界值后,将出现一种新的蒸发模式:接触角与接触直径均保持不...     

疏水表面结霜融霜过程中液滴行为研究

研究了自然对流条件下具有微纳结构铝基疏水表面上结霜、融霜过程中液滴的动态行为,分析了表面方位及接触角对冻结前冷凝和融霜后排液的影响。结果表明:水平疏水表面上冷凝液滴的直径和基底直径随时间而增加,液滴的接触角随时间的变化有一定波动,但呈减小趋势;放置一液滴在疏水表面上冷凝时,周围形成的小液滴以该液滴为中心,离它越远,小液滴尺寸越大;融霜后疏水表面上呈现规则的球缺状液滴,而裸铝表面上是不规则的液滴。     

表面微结构对液滴三相线移动行为影响研究

为研究表面微结构对液滴三相线移动行为的影响，采用标准MEMS工艺在硅基表面加工出了具有不同尺寸及间距的柱状微结构疏水表面。通过多角度光学可视化实验系统，研究了液滴蒸发时，不同微结构区域内液滴三相线移动行为，分析了微结构尺寸及间距对三相线移动特性和蒸发模式的影响。结果表明：处于不同微结构阵列上的液滴在蒸发过程中将出现三相线的非对称移动，液滴两侧出现不同的蒸发模式，且在后退接触角较小的一侧出现了一种不同于目前三种蒸发模式的现象-三相线固定，接触角呈周期性锯齿状波动，最后基于能量原理分析了液滴三相线移动所需能量与后退接触角之间的联系，解释了产生上述行为的原因。     

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。     

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.     

Water droplet impact on superhydrophobic surfaces with microstructures and hierarchical roughness

Quantitative correlation between the critical impact velocity of droplet and geometry of superhydrophobic surfaces with microstructures is systematically studied.Experimental data shows that the critical impact velocity induced wetting transition of droplet on the superhydrophobic surfaces is strongly determined by the perimeter of single micropillar,the space between the repeat pillars and the advancing contact angle of the sidewall of the micropillars.The proposed model agrees well with the experimental results,and clarifies that the underlying mechanism which is responsible for the superhydrophobic surface with hierarchical roughness could sustain a higher liquid pressure than the surfaces with microstructures.     

Effect of contact angle hysteresis on water droplet evaporation from super-hydrophobic surfaces

Small water drops demonstrate different evaporation modes on super-hydrophobic polymer surfaces with different hysteresis of contact angle. While on the high-hysteresis surface evaporation follows the constant-contact-diameter mode, the constant-contact-angle mode dominates on the low-hysteresis surface. These modes were previously reported for smooth hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces, respectively. The experimental data are compared to the previous models describing spherical cap drops that evaporate in different modes, and good fitting is obtained.     

Controlled Formation of Patchy Anisometric Fumed Silica Supraparticles in Droplets on Bent Superhydrophobic Surfaces

This article presents a study on the formation of anisometric, ellipsoidal supraparticles by evaporation‐induced self‐assembly from multicomponent colloidal dispersion droplets deposited on a superhydrophobic surface. Performing the formation process on bent surface substrates grants precise control on the shape and spatial orientation of the final dried supraparticles. Due to the V‐shaped surfaces providing interfacial blockage, anisotropic evaporation rates occur with respect to the direction of the bending channel. This proportionally leads to inhomogeneous accumulation of fumed silica (FS), used as structure guiding component. Thus, upon the increase of FS‐particle interaction via ionic strength (NaCl), this so‐formed shell provides enough anisotropic stiffness resulting in predictable droplet deformation with the elongation orientation being perpendicular to the bending axis. The anisotropic evaporation rates were monitored and quantified using an established, empiric kinetic model and taking into account surface geometry. Employing this reliable control of elongation direction and using additional Fe₃O₄@SiO₂ core–shell nanoparticles, anisometric magnetic Janus supraparticles with defined patch position were prepared, which are not accessible on flat surfaces. The results can find application in the controlled, easy to scale up, nanofabrication process of patchy anisometric supraparticles.     

A new model for thermodynamic analysis on wetting behavior of superhydrophobic surfaces

Superhydrophobic surfaces have shown inspiring applications in microfluidics, and self-cleaning coatings owing to water-repellent and low-friction properties. However, thermodynamic mechanism responsible for contact angle hysteresis (CAH) and free energy barrier (FEB) have not been understood completely yet. In this work, we propose an intuitional 3-dimension (3D) droplet model along with a reasonable thermodynamic approach to gain a thorough insight into the physical nature of CAH. Based on this model, the relationships between radius of three-phase contact line, change in surface free energy (CFE), average or local FEB and contact angle (CA) are established. Moreover, a thorough theoretical consideration is given to explain the experimental phenomena related to the superhydrophobic behavior. The present study can therefore provide some guidances for the practical fabrications of the superhydrophobic surfaces.     

纳米结构超疏水表面冷凝现象的三维格子玻尔兹曼方法模拟

采用三维多相流格子玻尔兹曼方法 (lattice Boltzmann method, LBM),对纳米结构超疏水表面液滴的冷凝行为进行模拟研究.通过Laplace定律和光滑表面的本征接触角理论对三维LBM模型进行定量验证.模拟分析了超疏水表面纳米阵列的几何尺寸和润湿性的局部不均匀性对冷凝液滴形核位置和最终润湿状态的影响规律.结果表明,较高的纳米阵列使液滴在纳米结构间隙的上部侧面和底部优先形核长大,通过采用上下不均匀的间隙可避免液滴在底部形核长大,而在上部侧面形核的冷凝液滴在生长过程中向上运动,其润湿状态由Wenzel态转变为Cassie态;较低的纳米阵列使液滴在纳米结构底部优先形核长大,液滴的最终润湿状态为Wenzel态;润湿性不均匀的纳米结构表面使液滴在阵列顶端亲水位置处优先形核长大,成为Cassie态.冷凝液滴在不同几何尺寸的纳米结构表面上的最终润湿状态的模拟结果与文献报道的实验结果符合良好.通过模拟还发现,冷凝液滴在生长过程中的运动行为与液滴统计平均作用力的变化有关.本文的LBM模拟再现了三维空间中液滴的形核、长大和润湿状态转变等物理现象.     

亲水表面金纳米流体液滴光热蒸发特性研究

金纳米颗粒在可见光区具有高消光效率引起科研人员关注。金纳米流体被用作太阳能体吸收工质。通过太阳能加热亲水表面金纳米流体液滴蒸发实验,详细研究了液滴蒸发过程特性。液滴蒸发过程中液滴几何参数和表面温度被仪器实时记录。液滴蒸发主要为常接触面积模式,接触角逐渐减小。液滴体积随时间线性变化,与传统理论蒸汽扩散模型结果不同。本文研究能帮助指导太阳能光热利用以及液滴蒸发在工业中的应用。     

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.     

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     

Wetting mode transition of nanoliter scale water droplets during evaporation on superhydrophobic surfaces with random roughness structure

During evaporation, shape changes of nanoliter-scale (80-100 nL) water droplets were evaluated on two superhydrophobic surfaces with different random roughness (nm-coating, μm-coating). The square of the contact radius and the square of the droplet height decreased linearly with evaporation time. However, trend changes were observed at around 170 s (nm-coating) and around 150 s (μm-coating) suggesting a wetting mode transition. The calculated droplet radii for the wetting mode transition from the average roughness distance and the average roughness height of these surface structures were approximately equal to the experimental values at these trend changes. A certain level of correlation between the roughness size and droplet radius at the wetting mode transition was confirmed on surfaces with random roughness.