Wetting transition of the caterpillar-like superhydrophobic Cu/Ni-Co hierarchical structure by heat treatment
Caterpillar-like hierarchical structured Cu/Ni-Co coatings were fabricated by a simple two-step method of combined electroless and electrodeposition. Both contact angles and sliding angles were measured to investigate the hydrophobicity after stearic acid modification. The results revealed the conta...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 31(2015), 39 vom: 06. Okt., Seite 10807-12 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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2015
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Cobalt 3G0H8C9362 Copper 789U1901C5 Nickel 7OV03QG267 |
| Zusammenfassung: | Caterpillar-like hierarchical structured Cu/Ni-Co coatings were fabricated by a simple two-step method of combined electroless and electrodeposition. Both contact angles and sliding angles were measured to investigate the hydrophobicity after stearic acid modification. The results revealed the contact angle was as high as 165.5°(superhydrophobic), while the sliding angle was only 3.5°, which makes it very promising as self-cleaning material. Wetting transition from slippery hydrophobicity to sticky hydrophobicity happened upon heat treatment. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis disclosed the morphology change of the hierarchical structure during the heat treatment leading to the wetting state transition. Different models of wetting states were raised and calculated to provide further confirmation of the transition. The contact angle remained larger than 156° when the pH value ranged from 1 to 14 and the heat-treatment temperature was from 100 to 250 °C. Such hierarchical micronanostructure and its special hydrophobicity are expected to have practical application in industry |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 08.07.2016 Date Revised 03.10.2015 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02535 |