Superhydrophobic perfluoropolymer surfaces having heterogeneous roughness created by dip-coating from solutions containing a nonsolvent

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Cengiz U., Erbil H. Y.

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, vol.292, pp.591-597, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 292
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.12.013
  • Journal Name: APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.591-597
  • Keywords: Superhydrophobic, Oleophobic, Hierarchical, Perfluoroacrylate, Phase separation, MICROPATTERNED POLYMER SURFACES, SUPER-WATER-REPELLENT, COPOLYMERS, FILMS, FABRICATION, SIZE
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Superhydrophobic and oleophobic rough copolymer surfaces containing micro- and nano-hierarchical ball-like islands having diameters between 100 nm and 7 μm were formed using styrene-perfluoromethacrylate random copolymers which were dip-coated on glass slides from THF and MEK mixture containing methanol as nonsolvent. These copolymers were synthesized in a CO2-expanded monomer medium at 250 bar pressure and 80 °C. The sizes of the micro-islands can be controlled by varying the copolymer composition; and the degree of phase separation by adjusting the solvent/non-solvent ratio. Flat and lotus-like hierarchical surfaces of the copolymers were characterized using contact angle measurements and SEM. The increase in the perfluoromethacrylate content of the flat copolymers resulted in a decrease of the total surface free energy of the flat copolymer surfaces from 18.3 down to 14.2 mJ/m2. The increase in the methanol non-solvent fraction resulted in decrease of the micro-island diameter from 7 μm down to 100 nm and the water contact angle increased from 117° up to 160° and hexadecane from 65° up to 90°.

Superhydrophobic and oleophobic rough copolymer surfaces containing micro- and nano-hierarchical ball-like islands having diameters between 100 nm and 7 mu m were formed using styrene-perfluoromethacrylate random copolymers which were dip-coated on glass slides from THF and MEK mixture containing methanol as nonsolvent. These copolymers were synthesized in a CO2-expanded monomer medium at 250 bar pressure and 80 degrees C. The sizes of the micro-islands can be controlled by varying the copolymer composition; and the degree of phase separation by adjusting the solvent/non-solvent ratio. Flat and lotus-like hierarchical surfaces of the copolymers were characterized using contact angle measurements and SEM. The increase in the perfluoromethacrylate content of the flat copolymers resulted in a decrease of the total surface free energy of the flat copolymer surfaces from 18.3 down to 14.2 mJ/m(2). The increase in the methanol non-solvent fraction resulted in decrease of the micro-island diameter from 7 mu m down to 100 nm and the water contact angle increased from 117 degrees up to 160 degrees and hexadecane from 65 degrees up to 90 degrees. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.