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Huang T, Shen M, Song L, Yang Y, Yu B, Zhu M, Yu H. Robust and transparent dust removal coating applied to polyimide-based photovoltaic modules for lunar rovers. Heliyon 2024; 10:e31985. [PMID: 38882304 PMCID: PMC11176831 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Dust removal coatings for polyimide (PI)-based photovoltaic modules used in lunar rovers were fabricated successfully through the blade-coating method using silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanoparticles and γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (KH550). The dust removal performance, morphology, transparency, and adhesive force of the coating can be optimized by adjusting the pH and the mass ratios of SiO2 and KH550. The designed coating demonstrates excellent dust removal performance, achieving an percentage of over 85 %. Moreover, the coating has minimal impact on the transparency of the PI substrate and exhibits strong adhesion to it. Additionally, the coating shows remarkable resistance to both high and low temperatures. Even after undergoing five cycles of thermal treatment ranging from -196 to 160 °C, there were no significant changes in the morphology or dust removal performance of the coating. Therefore, this coating exhibits tremendous potential for application in the dust removal of photovoltaic modules in lunar rovers.
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- Tao Huang
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Power Sources, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, Shanghai, 200245, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Power Sources, Shanghai Institute of Space Power Sources, Shanghai, 200245, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China
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Luo W, Li M. Recent Advances in Fabrication of Durable, Transparent, and Superhydrophobic Surfaces. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2359. [PMID: 37630944 PMCID: PMC10459824 DOI: 10.3390/nano13162359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Transparent superhydrophobic coatings have been extensively investigated due to their ability to provide self-cleaning properties for outdoor applications. However, the widespread implementation of these coatings on a large scale is impeded by the challenges of poor durability and complex fabrication procedures. In this review, the fundamentals and theories governing the mutually exclusive properties of superhydrophobicity, optical transparency, and susceptibility to wear are introduced, followed by a discussion of representative examples of advanced surface design and processing optimizations. Also, robust evaluation protocols for assessing mechanical and chemical stabilities are briefed and potential research directions are presented. This review can offer the research community a better understanding of durable and transparent superhydrophobic surfaces, thereby facilitating their development for real-world applications.
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- School of Integrated Circuits, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Liu Y, Tan X, Li X, Xiao T, Jiang L, Nie S, Song J, Chen X. Eco-Friendly Fabrication of Transparent Superhydrophobic Coating with Excellent Mechanical Robustness, Chemical Stability, and Long-Term Outdoor Durability. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:12881-12893. [PMID: 36217763 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Surfaces that possess both superhydrophobicity and high transparency at the same time recently have attracted extensive attention in outdoor applications. However, fabrication and application of transparent superhydrophobic coating usually face following challenges: the micro-nano hierarchical structure required for superhydrophobicity usually leads to a decrease in the light transmittance due to its light trapping effect; fluorine-containing materials used in the preparation of superhydrophobic surfaces are potentially harmful to humans and the environment; and the superhydrophobic surface is easily destroyed by external factors. In this work, a transparent superhydrophobic coating was fabricated via an inexpensive and eco-friendly two-step method, that is, dipping glass substrate into the polydimethylsiloxane/SiO2 suspension followed by calcination treatment. The prepared coating showed superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of 164° and a sliding angle less than 1.0°. In the visible light region with the wavelength range of 300-900 nm, the maximal transmittance of the superhydrophobic coating was ∼91.4%, which is higher than that of the untreated glass substrate (∼90.9%). Moreover, the coating can maintain superhydrophobicity and high transmittance after sandpaper abrasion, water flow impact, immersion in strong acid/alkaline solution, UV irradiation, and long-term outdoor exposure. We believing that the coating has huge potential value in outdoor applications.
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- Yuan Liu
- Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microgrid, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei443002, P. R. China
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- Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microgrid, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei443002, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei443002, P. R. China
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- Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microgrid, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei443002, P. R. China
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- Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microgrid, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei443002, P. R. China
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- Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microgrid, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei443002, P. R. China
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- Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microgrid, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei443002, P. R. China
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- Hubei Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Microgrid, College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, Hubei443002, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri─Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri64110, United States
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Zhao X, Ma C, Park DS, Soper SA, Murphy MC. Air bubble removal: Wettability contrast enabled microfluidic interconnects. SENSORS AND ACTUATORS. B, CHEMICAL 2022; 361:131687. [PMID: 35611132 PMCID: PMC9124586 DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.131687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The presence of air bubbles boosts the shear resistance and causes pressure fluctuation within fluid-perfused microchannels, resulting in possible cell damage and even malfunction of microfluidic devices. Eliminating air bubbles is especially challenging in microscale where the adhesive surface tension force is often dominant over other forces. Here, we present an air bubble removal strategy from a novel surface engineering perspective. A microfluidic port-to-port interconnect was fabricated by modifying the peripheral of the microfluidic ports superhydrophobic, while maintaining the inner polymer microchannels hydrophilic. Such a sharp wettability contrast enabled a preferential fluidic entrance into the easy-wetting microchannels over the non-wetting boundaries of the microfluidic ports, while simultaneously filtering out any incoming air bubbles owing to the existence of port-to-port gaps. This bubble-eliminating capability was consistently demonstrated at varying flow rates and liquid analytes. Compared to equipment-intensive techniques and porous membrane-venting strategies, our wettability contrast-governed strategy provides a simple yet effective route for eliminating air bubbles and simultaneously sealing microfluidic interconnects.
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- Xiaoxiao Zhao
- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, PR China
- Center for BioModular Multiscale Systems for Precision Medicine, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States
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- College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Center for BioModular Multiscale Systems for Precision Medicine, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States
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- Center for BioModular Multiscale Systems for Precision Medicine, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States
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Luo W, Xu J, Li G, Niu G, Ng KW, Wang F, Li M. Fabrication of Robust, Anti-reflective, Transparent Superhydrophobic Coatings with a Micropatterned Multilayer Structure. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:7129-7136. [PMID: 35658446 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Transparent superhydrophobic coatings with mechanical stability, self-cleaning function, and anti-reflective property have drawn much attention due to the great potential in a variety of real-world applications. In this work, we develop an ingenious approach to construct micropatterned transparent superhydrophobic coatings with a multilayer structure (water contact angle ∼153.6°, sliding angle ∼3.2°). A micropatterned ultraviolet-cured resist frame facilitates durability, while the modified silica nanoparticles, which are housed within the micro-cavities and bonded by an epoxy-based adhesive, impart superhydrophobicity. The micropatterned multilayer surface could endure sandpaper abrasion while maintaining satisfactory hydrophobicity. The prepared surfaces also retain the excellent water repellency after water jet impact, acid submerging, and mechanical bending, suggesting that they are sustainable in the case of adverse conditions and can be integrated with objects with non-flat geometries. Further, the superhydrophobic coatings exhibit an anti-reflection property while preserving high transparency. Taken together, we envision that the design strategies here can offer a practicable route to produce transparent superhydrophobic coatings for diverse outdoor applications.
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- Wenxin Luo
- School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Taipa 999078, Macao
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- School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Durable superhydrophobic and oleophobic cotton fabric based on the grafting of fluorinated POSS through silane coupling and thiol-ene click reaction. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Allione M, Limongi T, Marini M, Torre B, Zhang P, Moretti M, Perozziello G, Candeloro P, Napione L, Pirri CF, Di Fabrizio E. Micro/Nanopatterned Superhydrophobic Surfaces Fabrication for Biomolecules and Biomaterials Manipulation and Analysis. MICROMACHINES 2021; 12:1501. [PMID: 34945349 PMCID: PMC8708205 DOI: 10.3390/mi12121501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Superhydrophobic surfaces display an extraordinary repulsion to water and water-based solutions. This effect emerges from the interplay of intrinsic hydrophobicity of the surface and its morphology. These surfaces have been established for a long time and have been studied for decades. The increasing interest in recent years has been focused towards applications in many different fields and, in particular, biomedical applications. In this paper, we review the progress achieved in the last years in the fabrication of regularly patterned superhydrophobic surfaces in many different materials and their exploitation for the manipulation and characterization of biomaterial, with particular emphasis on the issues affecting the yields of the fabrication processes and the quality of the manufactured devices.
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- Marco Allione
- Center for Sustainable Future Technologies @POLITO, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Livorno 60, 10144 Turin, Italy;
- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy; (M.M.); (B.T.); (L.N.); (E.D.F.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy; (M.M.); (B.T.); (L.N.); (E.D.F.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy; (M.M.); (B.T.); (L.N.); (E.D.F.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy; (M.M.); (B.T.); (L.N.); (E.D.F.)
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (P.Z.); (M.M.)
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (P.Z.); (M.M.)
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- BioNEM Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Campus S. Venuta, Magna Graecia University, Germaneto, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (G.P.); (P.C.)
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- BioNEM Laboratory, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Campus S. Venuta, Magna Graecia University, Germaneto, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy; (G.P.); (P.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy; (M.M.); (B.T.); (L.N.); (E.D.F.)
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- Center for Sustainable Future Technologies @POLITO, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Livorno 60, 10144 Turin, Italy;
- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy; (M.M.); (B.T.); (L.N.); (E.D.F.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy; (M.M.); (B.T.); (L.N.); (E.D.F.)
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