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Extreme Wetting-Resistant Multiscale Nano-Microstructured Surfaces for Viscoelastic Liquid Repellence
Joint Authors
Daengngam, Chalongrat
Chunglok, Aoythip
Muensit, Nantakan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We demonstrate exceptional wetting-resistant surfaces capable of repelling low surface tension, non-Newtonian, and highly viscoelastic liquids.
Theoretical analysis and experimental result confirm that a higher level of multiscale roughness topography composed of at least three structural length scales, ranging from nanometer to supermicron sizes, is crucial for the reduction of liquid-solid adhesion hysteresis.
With Cassie-Baxter nonwetting state satisfied at all roughness length scales, the surface has been proven to effectively repel even highly adhesive liquid.
Practically, this high-level hierarchical structure can be achieved through fractal-like structures of silica aggregates induced by siloxane oligomer interparticle bridges.
The induced aggregation and surface functionalization of the silica particles can be performed simultaneously within a single reaction step, by utilizing trifunctional fluoroalkylsilane precursors that largely form a disordered fluoroalkylsiloxane grafting layer under the presence of sufficient native moisture preadsorbed at the silica surface.
Spray-coating deposition of a particle surface layer on a precoated primer layer ensures facile processability and scalability of the fabrication method.
The resulting low-surface-energy multiscale roughness exhibits outstanding liquid repellent properties, generating equivalent lotus effect for highly viscous and adhesive natural latex concentrate, with apparent contact angles greater than 160°, and very small roll-off angles of less than 3°.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chunglok, Aoythip& Muensit, Nantakan& Daengngam, Chalongrat. 2016. Extreme Wetting-Resistant Multiscale Nano-Microstructured Surfaces for Viscoelastic Liquid Repellence. Journal of Nanomaterials،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chunglok, Aoythip…[et al.]. Extreme Wetting-Resistant Multiscale Nano-Microstructured Surfaces for Viscoelastic Liquid Repellence. Journal of Nanomaterials No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1109511
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chunglok, Aoythip& Muensit, Nantakan& Daengngam, Chalongrat. Extreme Wetting-Resistant Multiscale Nano-Microstructured Surfaces for Viscoelastic Liquid Repellence. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1109511
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1109511