Superhydrophobic surfaces with low and high adhesion made from mixed (hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon) 3,4‐propylenedioxythiophene monomers |
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| Authors: | Janwa El‐Maiss Thierry Darmanin Elisabeth Taffin de Givenchy Sonia Amigoni Julian Eastoe Masanobu Sagisaka Frédéric Guittard |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, LPMC, , Nice, 06100 France;2. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, , United Kingdom;3. Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, , Japan |
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| Abstract: | This work concerns new superhydrophobic surfaces, generated by replacing long fluorocarbon chains, which bioaccumulate, with short chains whilst at the same time retaining oleophobic properties. Here, is described the synthesis of novel 3,4‐propylenedioxythiophene derivatives containing both a short fluorocarbon chain (perfluorobutyl) and a hydrocarbon chain of various lengths (ethyl, butyl and hexyl). Superhydrophobic (θwater > 150°) surfaces with good oleophobic properties (60° > θhexadecane > 80°) have been obtained by electrodeposition using cyclic voltammetry. Surprisingly, the lowest hystereses and sliding angles (Lotus effect) are obtained with the shortest alkyl chains due to the presence of microstructures made of nanofibers on the surfaces, whereas, the longest alkyl chains leads to nanosheets with high adhesion (Petal effect). Such materials are potential candidates for biomedical applications. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014 , 52, 782–788 |
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| Keywords: | adhesion conducting polymers electrochemistry functionalization of polymers superhydrophobic surfaces surfaces wettability |
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