基于不锈钢模板热压微模塑构建聚乙烯超疏水表面

采用含FeCl3的蚀刻液对不锈钢表面进行刻蚀,再以此蚀刻面为模板热压低密度聚乙烯(LDPE),冷却剥离得到LDPE微模塑表面。研究结果表明:静、动态接触角均超过150°,滚动角约5°,LDPE表面呈"花菜状"结构,即大"包"上密集分布着微米及亚微米级的小突起。本工艺可望结合工业上生产塑料薄膜的流延技术,实现聚合物超疏水表面的规模化生产。     

以多孔CaCO3微球为模板制备聚乙烯超疏水表面

以聚苯乙烯磺酸钠（PSS）掺杂的多孔碳酸钙（CaCO3）微球层为模板,通过热压低密度聚乙烯（LDPE）并结合酸蚀刻的方法制得了具有多层粘联微球结构、而非常见蜂窝状多孔结构的LDPE稳定超疏水表面（接触角152.8±2.5°,滚动角约6°）。元素分析表明,表面粘联微球为纯LDPE而非LDPE包覆的CaCO3。将多孔CaCO3微球稀疏地撒在LDPE表面并加热熔融,发现微球会自发沉降到熔体内部,酸蚀刻后形成了类似莲蓬的表面微结构,即坑内包含小球。结合CaCO3微球生成原理和多孔结构,认为粘联微球结构和莲蓬结构均是由于LDPE熔融大分子自发沉积到多孔CaCO3微球内部,“反模”形成了LDPE微球所致。本发现为多孔CaCO3微球的应用开辟了新方向。     

以砂纸为模板制作聚合物超疏水表面

报道了一种聚合物材料超疏水表面的简便制备方法. 以不同型号的金相砂纸为模板, 通过浇注成型或热压成型技术, 在聚合物表面形成不同粗糙度的结构. 接触角实验结果证明, 聚合物表面与水的接触角随着所用砂纸模板粗糙度的增加而加大, 其中粒度号为W7和W5砂纸制作的表面与水的接触角可超过150°, 显示出超疏水性质. 多种聚合物使用砂纸为模均可制备不同粗糙度及超疏水的表面, 本征接触角对复制表面浸润性的影响从Wenzel态到Cassie态而变小. 扫描电镜结果表明, 不规则形状的砂纸磨料颗粒构成了超疏水所需要的微纳米结构的模板.     

软模板印刷法制备超疏水性聚苯乙烯膜

首次利用软模板印刷的方法,以微米-亚微米-纳米复合结构的PDMS为软模板,在平滑聚苯乙烯表面上成功制备了同样具有微米-亚微米-纳米复合结构的超疏水表面,该表面与水的接触角高达161.2º。软模板印刷方法可以用在其它热塑性聚合物如聚丙烯、聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯和聚碳酸酯等材料上,是一种简单有效地制备超疏水性表面的方法。     

基于水滴模板法的微纳复合超疏水结构制备的研究

利用粒子辅助水滴模板法的实施获得规则蜂窝状图案化多孔结构模板,并进一步利用聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)复制转移技术获得表面具有微米尺寸蜂窝状突起阵列的反向图案化结构.以这种图案化突起结构作为微米尺寸所提供的微米级粗糙度为基础,设计了2种的简单的二次纳米结构的引入过程,最终实现了微米级阵列和纳米级粗糙度的复合.第一种方法借助银镜反应来实现纳米银结构的化学沉积,最终在PDMS阵列表面获得了致密的纳米银颗粒沉积层,并成功获得了表面接触角达166度的超疏水性质.第二种方法利用了聚电解质/二氧化硅粒子层层静电自组装的方法引入纳米结构,结果在仅仅进行了2个组装循环的条件下即可获得超疏水性质的表面复合结构.通过简单的实验设计试图提供一种基于水滴模板法的微纳复合超疏水结构的普适性制备方法.     

类荷叶结构聚全氟乙丙烯的超疏水性

以聚二甲基硅氧烷（PDMS）复制的荷叶表面微结构为阴模模板,将聚全氟乙丙烯（FEP）粉体置于该阴模模板上,在约0.3 N/cm2的压力,280 ℃和-0.1 Mpa真空度的条件下热压成型,成功制备了具有类荷叶结构的FEP表面。扫描电镜观察结果表明, FEP表面与荷叶表面微结构具有很大的相似性,该表面具有良好的超疏水性,与水的接触角达到168°,滚动角小于3°,而且具有良好的疏酸、疏碱、疏盐溶液性能和稳定性,即使在溶液中长期浸泡而失活后,经piranha洗液处理约10 min,其表面超疏水、疏酸、疏碱性能也可迅速恢复。PDMS的热重分析结果表明,PDMS阴模在热压条件下失重极小,可重复使用。因此,将FEP的耐酸、耐碱、耐腐蚀和低表面能的特性与荷叶表面的特殊结构有机结合,在制备抗粘附、自清洁容器等方面具有广泛的应用前景。     

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.     

铝合金表面原位自组装超疏水膜层的制备及耐蚀性能

采用阳极氧化法在铝合金表面原位构造粗糙结构, 经表面自组装硅氧烷后得到超疏水自清洁表面, 与水滴的接触角最大可达157.5°±2.0°, 接触角滞后小于3°. 通过傅立叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱分析仪、场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)、能谱仪(EDS)、原子力显微镜(AFM)和接触角测试对阳极氧化电流密度、硅氧烷溶液中水的含量和自组装时间等参数进行了分析, 并得到制备超疏水自清洁表面的最优工艺参数. FE-SEM及AFM的测试结果表明, 由自组装硅氧烷膜层的无序性形成的纳米结构和阳极氧化构造的微米级粗糙结构与硅氧烷膜层的低表面能的协同作用构成了稳定的超疏水表面. 电化学测试(动电位极化)的结果表明, 原位自组装超疏水膜层极大地提高了铝合金的耐蚀性.     

铝合金表面超疏水涂层的制备及其耐蚀性能

基于含氟聚氨酯和纳米SiO₂的协同作用, 在铝合金表面成功制备了一层超疏水涂层. 用红外光谱、扫描电镜和电化学测试等技术对超疏水涂层进行了表征和分析. 红外光谱结果表明, 硅烷偶联剂(A1100)成功键合到纳米SiO₂表面. 扫描电镜和接触角测定仪对涂层的表面形貌表征结果表明, 涂层表面存在微米鄄亚微米尺度的粗糙结构, 接触角可达到156°, 滚动角小于5°. 电化学测试(交流阻抗和极化曲线)结果表明, 所得到的涂层极大地提高了铝合金的耐蚀性能.     

霸王鞭和麒麟掌叶片的表面微结构及超疏水性

霸王鞭(Euphorbia antiquorum)和麒麟掌(Euphorbia neriifolia var. cristata)是2种特殊的叶片, 正面不疏水而叶片背面超疏水的沙漠植物. 本文通过接触角测试仪、 电子显微镜和表面张力测试仪分别对叶片的超疏水性、 表面微观形貌和表面黏附力进行了测试和表征. 采用模板法, 以聚乙烯醇为模板、 以聚苯乙烯为基底制备仿叶片背面结构的聚苯乙烯薄膜, 并对薄膜表面的超疏水性、 表面微观形貌和表面黏附力进行了测试和表征, 发现这2种叶片背面的平均间距为1~3 μm的层片状微观结构可以构建出具有超疏水高黏附力特性的表面.     

Superhydrophilic/superhydrophobic surfaces fabricated by spark‐coating

In this study, the authors researched the preparations of superhydrophilic/superhydrophobic surfaces on commercial cup stock polyethylene coated papers by using sparked aluminum nanoparticles deposited on substrates through a sparking process. In this stage, the surface was porous and showed superhydrophilic properties. The samples were then annealed in air at various temperatures and some transformed to superhydrophobicity. It is well known that a suitable roughness in combination with low surface energy has been required to obtain superhydrophobic surfaces. Therefore, it is believed that during annealing process, when polyethylene is diffused from the substrate through the nanoparticle films and the superhydrophobic characteristics were created. The scanning electron microscope images showed that the film surfaces had a fluffy structure for both the as‐deposited and the annealed samples. However, the atomic force microscopy phase images showed completely different surface properties. Moreover, the X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectra showed different surface chemical compositions. The experimental results revealed that the working temperature to produce superhydrophobic surfaces depended on the sparked film thickness. Furthermore, in order to prove the assumption explained above, glass and poly (methyl methacrylate) were also used as substrates.     

Superhydrophilic and superwetting surfaces: definition and mechanisms of control

The term superhydrophobicity was introduced in 1996 to describe water-repellent fractal surfaces, made of a hydrophobic material, on which water drops remain as almost perfect spheres and roll off such surfaces leaving no residue. Today, superhydrophobic surfaces are defined as textured materials (and coatings) on (nonsmooth) surfaces on which water forms contact angles 150° and larger, with only a few degrees of contact angle hysteresis (or sliding angle). The terms superhydrophilicity and superwetting were introduced a few years after the term superhydrophobicity to describe the complete spreading of water or liquid on substrates. The definition of superhydrophilic and superwetting substrates has not been clarified yet, and unrestricted use of these terms sometimes stirs controversy. This Letter briefly reviews the superwetting phenomenon and offers a suggestion on defining superhydrophilic and superwetting substrates and surfaces.     

Influence of polar groups on the wetting properties of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube surfaces

In this work, we have studied superhydrophilic and superhydrophobic transitions on the vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube (VACNT) surfaces. As-grown, the VACNT surfaces were superhydrophobic. Pure oxygen plasma etching modified the VACNT surfaces to generate superhydrophilic behavior. Irradiating the superhydrophilic VACNT surfaces with a CO₂ laser (up to 50?kW?cm^?2) restored the superhydrophobicity to a level that depended on the laser intensity. Contact angle and surface energy measurements by the sessile drop method were used to examine the VACNT surface wetting. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) showed heavy grafting of the oxygen groups onto the VACNT surfaces after oxygen plasma etching and their gradual removal, which also depended on the CO₂ laser intensity. These results show the great influence of polar groups on the wetting behavior, with a strong correlation between the polar part of the surface energy and the oxygen content on the VACNT surfaces. In addition, the CO₂ laser treatment created an interesting cage-like structure that may be responsible for the permanent superhydrophobic behavior observed on these samples.     

Direct catalytic route to superhydrophobic polyethylene films

Polyethylene films grow on a flat silica surface modified by the bis(imino)pyridyl iron(II) catalyst during ethylene polymerization in toluene solvent. The resulting films show superhydrophobic properties. Advancing water contact angle as high as 169 degrees and sliding angles as low as 2 degrees are obtained on these films. SEM images reveal special surface structures of these films containing micrometer-sized islands, submicrometer particles on the islands, and stress nanofibers between the islands, which render superhydrophobicity to the polyethylene surfaces. After the submicrometer particles and stress nanofibers are removed by annealing, the superhydrophobic properties of the polymer films disappear.     

Wrinkled Graphene Monoliths as Superabsorbing Building Blocks for Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces

Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surfaces are of great interest because of a large range of applications, for example, as antifogging and self‐cleaning coatings, as antibiofouling paints for boats, in metal refining, and for water–oil separation. An aqueous ink based on three‐dimensional graphene monoliths (Gr) can be used for constructing both superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic surfaces on arbitrary substrates with different surficial structures from the meso‐ to the macroscale. The surface wettability of a Gr‐coated surface mainly depends on which additional layers (air for a superhydrophobic surface and water for a superhydrophilic surface) are adsorbed on the surface of the graphene sheets. Switching a Gr‐coated surface between being superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic can thus be easily achieved by drying and prewetting with ethanol. The Gr‐based superhydrophobic membranes or films should have great potential as efficient separators for fast and gravity‐driven oil–water separation.     

Contact angle hysteresis: surface morphology effects

Irradiation of metallic surfaces using ultra-short pulse laser results in a dual-scale structure. While metallic surfaces are superhydrophilic immediately after laser irradiation, prolonged exposure to air renders surfaces superhydrophobic due to surface reactions and deposition of carbonaceous materials onto the surface. In this work, we have fabricated a paraboloid microstructure, which is analyzed thermodynamically through the use of the Gibbs free energy to obtain the equilibrium contact angle and contact angle hysteresis. The effects of the geometrical details on maximizing the superhydrophobicity of the nanopatterned surface are also discussed in an attempt to design surfaces with desired and/or optimum wetting characteristics.     

微图案化钙磷盐膜层的电化学构筑及其生物性能

基于表面分子自组装和光催化转印技术,在TiO2膜层表面获得超亲/超疏水阵列微图案模板,结合电化学沉积技术,成功制备了微图案化钙磷盐膜(CaP)层.扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和电子探针分析(EPMA)结果表明,通过超亲/超疏水阵列微图案模板可构筑高空间分辨的微图案化钙磷盐膜层.微图案化钙磷盐膜层的体外MG-63细胞培养证实,细胞对钙磷盐膜层微单元有强烈的选择性粘附作用,从而可望控制细胞在微单元中的贴壁生长,实现高通量评价细胞行为.     

Superhydrofobic effect of hybrid organo-inorganic materials

Superhydrophobic films were obtained on the basis of sol–gel-derived titania or alumina/dodecylamine hybrid materials. It has been shown that wettability of surfaces of the inorganic oxides changes from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic. For superhydrophobic materials, the surface roughness of the hybrid films on the basis of titania and alumina is 39 and 55 μm, respectively, and water contact angle is about 150°.     

Fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces from binary colloidal assembly

In this work, superhydrophobic surfaces were derived from binary colloidal assemblies. CaCO(3)-loaded hydrogel spheres and silica or polystyrene ones were consecutively dip-coated on silicon wafers. The former assemblies were recruited as templates for the latter self-assembly. Due to the hydrophilicity difference between silicon wafers and CaCO(3)-loaded hydrogel spheres, the region selective localization of silica or polystyrene spheres leads to irregular binary structures with a hierarchical roughness. The subsequent modification with low surface energy molecules yields a superhydrophobic surface. The heating treatment may largely enhance the mechanical stability of the resulting binary structures, which allows regeneration of the surface superhydrophobicity, providing a good durability in practice.