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Tao J, Liu Y, Li M, Li Z, Zhang Y, Song X, Yang Q, Guan F, Guo J. Robust Superhydrophobic Composite Fabric with Self-Healing and Chemical Durability. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2304894. [PMID: 38546002 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/09/2024]
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Superhydrophobic fabrics with multiple functions have become a research hotspot. However, it is challenging to make self-healing mechanically robust and eco-friendly superhydrophobic fabrics, which are limited by complex fabrication processes and excessive use of environmentally unfriendly solvents during fabrication. Herein, inspired by the secretion of a waxy substance from the surface of lotus leaves to restore water repellency, self-healing superhydrophobic composite fabrics (as-synthesized PA66/6-PET@Tico) are obtained by constructing a papillary TiO2 and tentacle-like fluorinated acrylate polymer (FCB015) coating on polyester-nylon composite fabrics using two-step hydrothermal method. The result indicates that PA66/6-PET@Tico with hierarchical micro/nanostructure exhibits excellent superhydrophobic and self-healing properties. Compared with FCB015 coated fabric, the contact angles (CA) of water and soybean oil rise to 172.2° and 166.8° from 137.4° and 98.8°, respectively. After mechanical abrasion, PA66/6-PET@Tico recovers a water contact angle (WCA) of 165.6° at room temperature. The WCA remains higher than 155° after 18 h of chemical corrosion. Furthermore, the bacterial inhibition rates of PA66/6-PET@Tico for Staphylococcus Aureus and Escherichia Coli are 99.90 and 98.38%, respectively. In this work, a new idea is proposed for designing a simple and effective self-healing superhydrophobic coating, expecting to promote the large-scale industrial production and application of functional surfaces.
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- Jing Tao
- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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- College of Textile and Material Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
- Fiber Composite Material Innovation Center of Liaoning Province, Dalian, 116034, P. R. China
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Wong WSY, Naga A, Armstrong T, Karunakaran B, Poulikakos D, Ras RHA. Designing Plastrons for Underwater Bubble Capture: From Model Microstructures to Stochastic Nanostructures. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2403366. [PMID: 38953394 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202403366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2024] [Revised: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Bubbles and foams are often removed via chemical defoamers and/or mechanical agitation. Designing surfaces that promote chemical-free and energy-passive bubble capture is desirable for numerous industrial processes, including mineral flotation, wastewater treatment, and electrolysis. When immersed, super-liquid-repellent surfaces form plastrons, which are textured solid topographies with interconnected gas domains. Plastrons exhibit the remarkable ability of capturing bubbles through coalescence. However, the two-step mechanics of plastron-induced bubble coalescence, namely, rupture (initiation and location) and subsequent absorption (propagation and drainage) are not well understood. Here, the influence of 1) topographical feature size and 2) gas fraction on bubble capture dynamics is investigated. Smaller feature sizes accelerate rupture while larger gas fractions markedly improve absorption. Rupture is initiated solely on solid domains and is more probable near the edges of solid features. Yet, rupture time becomes longer as solid fraction increases. This counterintuitive behavior represents unexpected complexities. Upon rupture, the bubble's moving liquid-solid contact line influences its absorption rate and equilibrium state. These findings show the importance of rationally minimizing surface feature sizes and contact line interactions for rapid bubble rupture and absorption. This work provides key design principles for plastron-induced bubble coalescence, inspiring future development of industrially-relevant surfaces for underwater bubble capture.
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- William S Y Wong
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
- Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Multiphase Thermofluidics and Surface Nanoengineering, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland
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Song J, Shen Q, Shao H, Deng X. Anti-Environmental Aging Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2305664. [PMID: 38148594 PMCID: PMC10933639 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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Passive daytime radiative cooling technology presents a sustainable solution for combating global warming and accompanying extreme weather, with great potential for diverse applications. The key characteristics of this cooling technology are the ability to reflect most sunlight and radiate heat through the atmospheric transparency window. However, the required high solar reflectance is easily affected by environmental aging, rendering the cooling ineffective. In recent years, significant advancements have been made in understanding the failure mechanisms, design strategies, and manufacturing technologies of daytime radiative cooling. Herein, a critical review on anti-environmental aging passive daytime radiative cooling with the goal of advancing their commercial applications is presented. It is first introduced the optical mechanisms and optimization principles of radiative cooling, which serve as a basis for further endowing environmental durability. Then the environmental aging conditions of passive daytime radiative cooling, mainly focusing on UV exposure, thermal aging, surface contamination and chemical corrosion are discussed. Furthermore, the developments of anti-environmental aging passive daytime radiative cooling materials, including design strategies, fabrication techniques, structures, and performances, are reviewed and classified for the first time. Last but not the least, the remaining open challenges and the insights are presented for the further promotion of the commercialization progress.
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- Jianing Song
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054China
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- Bio‐inspired Photonics GroupYusuf Hamied Department of ChemistryUniversity of CambridgeLensfield RoadCambridgeCB2 1EWUK
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier SciencesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu610054China
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Liu Y, Liu X, Zhang Z, Lu J, Wang Y, Xu K, Zhu H, Wang B, Lin L, Xue W. Experimental and fluid flow simulation studies of laser-electrochemical hybrid manufacturing of micro-nano symbiotic superamphiphobic surfaces. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:114702. [PMID: 37712795 DOI: 10.1063/5.0166375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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Micro-nano symbiotic superamphiphobic surfaces can prevent liquids from adhering to metal surfaces and, as a result, improve their corrosion resistance, self-cleaning performance, pollution resistance, and ice resistance. However, the fabrication of stable and controllable micro-nano symbiotic superamphiphobic structures on metal surfaces commonly used in industry remains a significant challenge. In this study, a laser-electrochemical hybrid subtractive-additive manufacturing method was proposed and developed for preparing copper superamphiphobic surfaces. Both experimental and fluid simulation studies were carried out. Utilizing this novel hybrid method, the controllable preparation of superamphiphobic micro-nano symbiotic structures was realized. The experimental results showed that the prepared surfaces had excellent superamphiphobic properties following subsequent modification with low surface energy substances. The contact angles of water droplets and oil droplets on the surface following electrodeposition treatment reached values of 161 ± 4° and 151 ± 4°, respectively, which showed that the prepared surface possessed perfect superamphiphobicity. Both the fabrication method and the test results provided useful insights for the preparation of stable and controllable superamphiphobic structures on metal surfaces in the future.
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- Yang Liu
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Saarland University, Saarbrucken 66123, German
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics Intelligent Manufacturing, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics Intelligent Manufacturing, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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Zhang J, Zhu L, Wang C, Huang J, Guo Z. Robust Superamphiphobic Coating Applied to Grease-Proof Mining Transformer Components. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023. [PMID: 37229539 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The iron core and heat sink in a mining transformer are susceptible to damage from oil spills or the harsh mine environment; the deterioration of oil products in the underground environment and transformers produce massive amounts of harmful liquid substances, which may lead to unnecessary economic losses in drilling engineering. To overcome this issue, a convenient and economical way to protect transformer components was developed. Herein, we proposed an air spray technology at room temperature for the preparation of antigreasy superamphiphobic coatings, which are suitable for bulk metallic glass transformer cores and ST13 heat sinks. The addition of polypyrrole powder effectively improves the thermal conductivity and specific heat of the coating in the range of 50-70 °C. More importantly, the fabricated coating has excellent repellency to liquids, such as water, ethylene glycerol, hexadecane, and rapeseed oil. Meanwhile, the coating has excellent physical and chemical resistance and outstanding antifouling features, which provide a feasible solution for combating grease pollution and corrosion in the mine environment. Taking multifaceted stability into consideration, this work contributes to enhancing the application of superamphiphobic coatings in the fields of protecting transformer components in the harsh environment or during transformer operation faults.
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- Jiaxu Zhang
- School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
- Zhengzhou Institute, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 450000, Zhengzhou, People's Republic of China
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- School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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Mohd G, Majid K, Lone S. Synergetic Role of Nano-/Microscale Structures of the Trifolium Leaf Surface for Self-Cleaning Properties. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:6178-6187. [PMID: 37071560 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Wetting has an essential pertinence to surface applications. The exemplary water-repelling and self-cleaning surfaces in nature have stimulated considerable scientific exploration, given their practical leverage in cleaning window glasses, painted surfaces, fabrics, and solar cells. Here, we explored the three-tier hierarchical surface structure of the Trifolium leaf with distinguished self-cleaning characteristics. The leaf remains fresh, withstands adverse weather, thrives throughout the year, and self-cleans itself against mud or dust. Self-cleaning features are attributed to a three-tier hierarchical synergetic design. The leaf surface is explicated by an optical microscope, a scanning electron microscope, a three-dimensional profilometer, and a water contact angle measuring device. Hierarchical base roughness (i.e., nano-/microscale) comprises a fascinating arrangement, which imparts a superhydrophobic feature to the surface. As a result, the contaminants present on the leaf surface are washed with rolling water droplets. We noticed that self-cleaning is a function of impacting or rolling droplets, and the rolling mechanism is identified as efficient. The self-cleaning phenomenon is studied for contaminations of variable sizes, shapes, and compositions. The contaminations are supplied in both dry and aqueous mixtures. Furthermore, we examined the self-cleaning effect of the Trifolium leaf surface by atmospheric water harvesting. The captured water drops fuse, roll, descend, and wash away the contaminating particles. The diversity of contaminants investigated makes this study applicable to different environmental conditions. And, along with other parallel technologies, this investigation could be useful for crafting sustainable self-cleaning surfaces for regions with acute water scarcity.
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- Ghulam Mohd
- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, J&K 190006, India
- iDREAM (Interdisciplinary Division for Renewable Energy & Advanced Materials), NIT, Srinagar, J&K 190006, India
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, J&K 190006, India
- iDREAM (Interdisciplinary Division for Renewable Energy & Advanced Materials), NIT, Srinagar, J&K 190006, India
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- Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, J&K 190006, India
- iDREAM (Interdisciplinary Division for Renewable Energy & Advanced Materials), NIT, Srinagar, J&K 190006, India
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A strategy for fabricating multi-level micro-nano superamphiphobic surfaces by laser-electrochemistry subtractive-additive hybrid manufacturing method. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.130946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Si W, Guo Z. Enhancing the lifespan and durability of superamphiphobic surfaces for potential industrial applications: A review. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 310:102797. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2022.102797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Yan X, Ji B, Feng L, Wang X, Yang D, Rabbi KF, Peng Q, Hoque MJ, Jin P, Bello E, Sett S, Alleyne M, Cropek DM, Miljkovic N. Particulate-Droplet Coalescence and Self-Transport on Superhydrophobic Surfaces. ACS NANO 2022; 16:12910-12921. [PMID: 35960260 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Particulate transport from surfaces governs a variety of phenomena including fungal spore dispersal, bioaerosol transmission, and self-cleaning. Here, we report a previously unidentified mechanism governing passive particulate removal from superhydrophobic surfaces, where a particle coalescing with a water droplet (∼10 to ∼100 μm) spontaneously launches. Compared to previously discovered coalescence-induced binary droplet jumping, the reported mechanism represents a more general capillary-inertial dominated transport mode coupled with particle/droplet properties and is typically mediated by rotation in addition to translation. Through wetting and momentum analyses, we show that transport physics depends on particle/droplet density, size, and wettability. The observed mechanism presents a simple and passive pathway to achieve self-cleaning on both artificial as well as biological materials as confirmed here with experiments conducted on butterfly wings, cicada wings, and clover leaves. Our findings provide insights into particle-droplet interaction and spontaneous particulate transport, which may facilitate the development of functional surfaces for medical, optical, thermal, and energy applications.
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- Xiao Yan
- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Champaign, Illinois 61822, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Esmaeilzadeh P, Zandi A, Ghazanfari MH, Khezrnejad A, Fatemi M, Molaei Dehkordi A. Selective Fabrication of Robust and Multifunctional Super Nonwetting Surfaces by Diverse Modifications of Zirconia-Ceria Nanocomposites. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:9195-9209. [PMID: 35867863 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The creation of surfaces with various super nonwetting properties is an ongoing challenge. We report diverse modifications of novel synthesized zirconia-ceria nanocomposites by different low surface energy agents to fabricate nanofluids capable of regulating surface wettability of mineral substrates to achieve selective superhydrophobic, superoleophobic-superhydrophilic, and superamphiphobic conditions. Surfaces treated with these nanofluids offer self-cleaning properties and effortless rolling-off behavior with sliding angles ≤7° for several liquids with surface tensions between 26 and 72.1 mN/m. The superamphiphobic nanofluid coating imparts nonstick properties to a solid surface whereby liquid drops can be effortlessly displaced on the coating with a near-zero tilt and conveniently lifted off using a needle tip, leaving no trace. Further, the superamphiphobic surface demonstrates good oil repellency toward ultralow surface tension liquids such as n-hexane and n-heptane. The superoleophobic-superhydrophilic surface repels oil droplets well regardless of whether it is in the air or underwater conditions. In addition, reaping the benefits of the ZrO2-CeO2 nanocomposites' photocatalysis feature, the superoleophobic-superhydrophilic coating exhibits self-cleaning ability by the degradation of color dyes. Modification of the wettability of substrates is carried out by a cost-effective and facile solution-immersion approach, which creates surfaces with hierarchical nano-submicron-scaled structures. The multipurpose coated surfaces have outstanding durability and mechanical stability. They also resist well high-temperature-high-pressure conditions, which will provide various practical applications in different fields, including the condensate banking removal in gas reservoirs or the separation of oil/water mixtures.
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- Pouriya Esmaeilzadeh
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9564, Iran
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9564, Iran
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9564, Iran
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9564, Iran
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9564, Iran
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Esmaeilzadeh P, Ghazanfari MH, Molaei Dehkordi A. Tuning the Wetting Properties of SiO 2-Based Nanofluids to Create Durable Surfaces with Special Wettability for Self-Cleaning, Anti-Fouling, and Oil–Water Separation. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c00934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pouriya Esmaeilzadeh
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9564, Iran
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-9564, Iran
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Tian N, Chen K, Wei J, Zhang J. Robust Superamphiphobic Fabrics with Excellent Hot Liquid Repellency and Hot Water Vapor Resistance. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:5891-5899. [PMID: 35482598 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Superamphiphobic surfaces progress rapidly but suffer from the issues of low repellency to hot liquids, complicated and nonaqueous preparation methods, and low durability. Here, a simple waterborne approach is developed to fabricate robust superamphiphobic fabrics with excellent hot liquid repellency and hot water vapor resistance. First, a perfluorodecyl polysiloxane (FD-POS) aqueous suspension was prepared by hydrolytic cocondensation of (3-glycidyloxy propyl)trimethoxysilane and 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane with SiO2 particles. Then, the superamphiphobic fabrics were fabricated by dipping polyester fabrics in the suspension, which were then cured. The fabrics show excellent superamphiphobicity owing to the combination of the hierarchical micro-/nanostructure and FD-POS with very low surface energy. The superamphiphobic fabrics feature excellent hot liquid repellency even for a large volume of 130.0 °C soybean oil and condensed small droplets from ∼90.0 °C water vapor. This is attributed to its high superamphiphobicity, excellent hot water vapor resistance, and outstanding thermal durability. In addition, the superamphiphobic fabrics exhibit high mechanical and chemical durability against washing, abrasion, and immersion in corrosive or organic liquids. Thus, hot liquid repellent superamphiphobic fabrics may find applications in various fields such as antiadhesion of various hot liquids and in efficiently preventing scalding.
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- Ning Tian
- Center of Eco-material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Center of Eco-material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Center of Eco-material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Center of Eco-material and Green Chemistry, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Tian N, Chen K, Yu H, Wei J, Zhang J. Super Pressure-Resistant Superhydrophobic Fabrics with Real Self-Cleaning Performance. iScience 2022; 25:104494. [PMID: 35721462 PMCID: PMC9198960 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Detergents are extensively used for laundry, causing significant negative impacts on water bodies, plants and animals. Superhydrophobic fabrics are promising to reduce detergent consumption but suffer from low pressure resistance. Here, we report super pressure-resistant superhydrophobic fabrics prepared using polysiloxane modified SiO2 nanoparticles with epoxy groups. The fabrics show real self-cleaning performance, essentially different from the conventional self-cleaning property of solid particles loosely placed on superhydrophobic surfaces. The contaminated fabrics by various stains can be completely cleaned by home machine laundering without using any detergent whereas the traditional superhydrophobic fabrics cannot. This is owing to excellent abrasion and washing durability, low liquid adhesion force, superior pressure-resistance and vapor-resistance of the fabrics, originating from the low surface energy and dense micro-/nanostructure. Moreover, the superhydrophobic fabrics can be scaled up using the conventional fabric finishing line with low cost. The superhydrophobic fabrics will help significantly reduce the global detergent consumption. Superhydrophobic fabrics with real self-cleaning performance are prepared The fabrics show high durability and pressure-resistance, low liquid adhesion force The contaminated fabrics can be cleaned by home machine laundering without detergent The fabrics can be scaled up using the conventional fabric finishing line
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Liao K, Zhu J. Fabrication of superamphiphobic surface on Cu substrate via a novel and facile dip coating method. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zhou X, Liu J, Liu W, Steffen W, Butt HJ. Fabrication of Stretchable Superamphiphobic Surfaces with Deformation-Induced Rearrangeable Structures. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2107901. [PMID: 34989448 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Stretchable superamphiphobic surfaces with a high deformation resistance are in demand to achieve liquid-repellent performance in flexible electronics, artificial skin, and textile dressings. However, it is challenging to make mechanically robust superamphiphobic coatings, which maintain their superliquid repellency in a highly stretched state. Here, a stretchable superamphiphobic surface is reported, on which the microstructures can rearrange during stretching to maintain a stable superamphiphobicity even under a high tensile strain. The surface is prepared by spray-coating silicone nanofilaments onto a prestretched substrate (e.g., cis-1,4-polyisoprene) with poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) layer as a binder. After subsequent fluorination, this surface keeps its superamphiphobicity to both water and n-hexadecane up to the tensile strain of at least 225%. The binding PDMS layer and rearrangeable structures maximize the deformation resistance of the surface during the stretching process. The superamphiphobicity and morphology of the surface are maintained even after 1000 stretch-release cycles. Taking advantage of the mentioned benefits, a liquid manipulation system is designed, which has the potential for fabricating reusable and low-cost platforms for biochemical detection and lab-on-a-chip systems.
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- Xiaoteng Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128, Mainz, Germany
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Yong J, Yang Q, Hou X, Chen F. Emerging Separation Applications of Surface Superwettability. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12040688. [PMID: 35215017 PMCID: PMC8878479 DOI: 10.3390/nano12040688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Human beings are facing severe global environmental problems and sustainable development problems. Effective separation technology plays an essential role in solving these challenges. In the past decades, superwettability (e.g., superhydrophobicity and underwater superoleophobicity) has succeeded in achieving oil/water separation. The mixture of oil and water is just the tip of the iceberg of the mixtures that need to be separated, so the wettability-based separation strategy should be extended to treat other kinds of liquid/liquid or liquid/gas mixtures. This review aims at generalizing the approach of the well-developed oil/water separation to separate various multiphase mixtures based on the surface superwettability. Superhydrophobic and even superoleophobic surface microstructures have liquid-repellent properties, making different liquids keep away from them. Inspired by the process of oil/water separation, liquid polymers can be separated from water by using underwater superpolymphobic materials. Meanwhile, the underwater superaerophobic and superaerophilic porous materials are successfully used to collect or remove gas bubbles in a liquid, thus achieving liquid/gas separation. We believe that the diversified wettability-based separation methods can be potentially applied in industrial manufacture, energy use, environmental protection, agricultural production, and so on.
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- Jiale Yong
- State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing System Engineering and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology for Information, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (J.Y.); (X.H.)
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing System Engineering and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology for Information, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (J.Y.); (X.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing System Engineering and Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology for Information, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (J.Y.); (X.H.)
- Correspondence:
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Liu G, Xia H, Zhang W, Song L, Chen Q, Niu Y. Improvement mechanism of NO photocatalytic degradation performance of self-cleaning synergistic photocatalytic coating under high humidity. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 418:126337. [PMID: 34126379 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photocatalytic coating has been widely studied as a promising material to remove air pollutants. However, the effectiveness and long-term effect of photocatalysis in high relative humidity environment is still the main challenge in this field. In this study, a fluorinated WO3-TiO2 nanorods/SiO2 epoxy photocatalytic superamphiphobic coating (FTSE coating) was prepared using a simple spraying method. The micromorphology and chemical composition of FTSE coating was characterized by SEM, EDS, FT-IR, XPS and TGA techniques. The advanced contact angle and hysteresis angle test show that the FTSE coating had excellent superamphiphobicity. The mechanical abrasions, corrosion resistance and UV aging tests show that the FTSE coating exhibited reasonable durability. Besides, the NO degradation efficiency of hydrophilic and superamphiphobic coatings with contact angles of 20.19°, 87.74°, 162.93° and 164.47° was tested in different humidity environment. The results showed that the superamphiphobic coating exhibited more superior photocatalytic degradation efficiency (84.02%) than the hydrophilic coating (51.38%) at a high relative humidity (RH=98%). Finally, FTSE coating exhibited prominent photocatalytic stability and the synergistic effect of photocatalysis and self-cleaning. After 30 d outdoor weathering test, the NO degradation efficiency decreased by 13.07% and recovered to the original level after flushing. The improvement mechanism of NO degradation performance was proposed based on the characteristics of superamphiphobic surface.
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- Guanyu Liu
- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China.
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China.
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Liu G, Wong WSY, Kraft M, Ager JW, Vollmer D, Xu R. Wetting-regulated gas-involving (photo)electrocatalysis: biomimetics in energy conversion. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:10674-10699. [PMID: 34369513 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00258a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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(Photo)electrolysis of water or gases with water to species serving as industrial feedstocks and energy carriers, such as hydrogen, ammonia, ethylene, propanol, etc., has drawn tremendous attention. Moreover, these processes can often be driven by renewable energy under ambient conditions as a sustainable alternative to traditional high-temperature and high-pressure synthesis methods. In addition to the extensive studies on catalyst development, increasing attention has been paid to the regulation of gas transport/diffusion behaviors during gas-involving (photo)electrocatalytic reactions towards the goal of creating industrially viable catalytic systems with high reaction rates, excellent long-term stabilities and near-unity selectivities. Biomimetic surfaces and systems with special wetting capabilities and structural advantages can shed light on the future design of (photo)electrodes and address long-standing challenges. This article is dedicated to bridging the fields of wetting and catalysis by reviewing the cutting-edge design methodologies of both gas-evolving and gas-consuming (photo)electrocatalytic systems. We first introduce the fundamentals of various in-air/underwater wetting states and their corresponding bioinspired structural properties. The relationship amongst the bubble transport behavior, wettability, and porosity/tortuosity is also discussed. Next, the latest implementations of wetting-related design principles for gas-evolving reactions (i.e. the hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen evolution reaction) and gas-consuming reactions (i.e. the oxygen reduction reaction and CO2 reduction reaction) are summarized. For photoelectrode designs, additional factors are taken into account, such as light absorption and the separation, transport and recombination of photoinduced electrons and holes. The influences of wettability and 3D structuring of (photo)electrodes on the catalytic activity, stability and selectivity are analyzed to reveal the underlying mechanisms. Finally, remaining questions and related future perspectives are outlined.
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- Guanyu Liu
- School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, 637459 Singapore. and Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES), CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, 138602 Singapore
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128, Mainz, Germany
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- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES), CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, 138602 Singapore and Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, West Cambridge Site, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA and Berkeley Educational Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS), CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, 138602 Singapore
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128, Mainz, Germany
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- School of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, 637459 Singapore. and Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES), CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, 138602 Singapore
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Díaz D, Nickel O, Moraga N, Catalán RE, Retamal MJ, Zelada H, Cisternas M, Meißner R, Huber P, Corrales TP, Volkmann UG. How water wets and self-hydrophilizes nanopatterns of physisorbed hydrocarbons. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 606:57-66. [PMID: 34388573 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.07.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Weakly bound, physisorbed hydrocarbons could in principle provide a similar water-repellency as obtained by chemisorption of strongly bound hydrophobic molecules at surfaces. EXPERIMENTS Here we present experiments and computer simulations on the wetting behaviour of water on molecularly thin, self-assembled alkane carpets of dotriacontane (n-C32H66 or C32) physisorbed on the hydrophilic native oxide layer of silicon surfaces during dip-coating from a binary alkane solution. By changing the dip-coating velocity we control the initial C32 surface coverage and achieve distinct film morphologies, encompassing homogeneous coatings with self-organised nanopatterns that range from dendritic nano-islands to stripes. FINDINGS These patterns exhibit a good water wettability even though the carpets are initially prepared with a high coverage of hydrophobic alkane molecules. Using in-liquid atomic force microscopy, along with molecular dynamics simulations, we trace this to a rearrangement of the alkane layers upon contact with water. This restructuring is correlated to the morphology of the C32 coatings, i.e. their fractal dimension. Water molecules displace to a large extent the first adsorbed alkane monolayer and thereby reduce the hydrophobic C32 surface coverage. Thus, our experiments evidence that water molecules can very effectively hydrophilize initially hydrophobic surfaces that consist of weakly bound hydrocarbon carpets.
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- Diego Díaz
- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Polymers and Composites, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Polymers and Composites, 21073 Hamburg, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Surface Science, 21494 Geesthacht, Germany
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- Hamburg University of Technology, Institute for Materials and X-Ray Physics, 21073 Hamburg, Germany; Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Centre for X-Ray and Nano Science CXNS, 22603 Hamburg, Germany; University of Hamburg, Centre for Hybrid Nanostructures CHyN, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaiso 2390123, Chile.
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; Centro de Investigación en Nanotecnología y Materiales Avanzados (CIEN-UC), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile.
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Huang S, Li J, Chen L, Tian X. Suppressing the Universal Occurrence of Microscopic Liquid Residues on Super-Liquid-Repellent Surfaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:3577-3585. [PMID: 33819039 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Super-liquid-repellent (SLR) surfaces based on surface micro/nanotextures are generally regarded as "non-wettable", though careful examination shows that residual microdroplets remain atop surface textures upon drop shedding-off. Despite its great importance, the origin of microscopic liquid residues remains poorly explored, and how to suppress residue formation is an open question. Herein, on the basis of high-speed microscopic imaging and numerical simulations, we resolve the fast formation dynamics of liquid residues on micropillared SLR surfaces and show that the competition of contact line receding on micropillars and the pinch-off of microcapillary bridges governs residue formation. The local receding angle can temporarily reduce to be drastically lower than the intrinsic one accompanying occurrence of accelerated contact line receding, inevitably leading to capillary bridge pinch-off and residue formation. We further show a liquid-like coating can delay capillary bridge pinch-off and reduce residue volume on SLR surfaces by more than 80% compared to those with conventional perfluoroalkylsilane coatings.
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- Shilin Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
- Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite & Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Liu G, Xia H, Zhang W, Lang L, Geng H, Song L, Niu Y. Photocatalytic Superamphiphobic Coatings and the Effect of Surface Microstructures on Superamphiphobicity. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:12509-12520. [PMID: 33653025 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c22982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In recent years, superamphiphobic coatings have been widely used in industrial transportation and environmental treatments because of their unique liquid repellency. In this study, WO3-TiO2 nanorods/SiO2 were used as the constructor of surface microstructures, and 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane was used as the provider of low surface energy, and a photocatalytic superamphiphobic coating (FTS coating) was prepared. The microstructure and chemical composition of the coating was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The coating exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity toward degradation methyl red and nitric oxide (NO), and the degradation efficiency to NO reached 47.8%. Also, the advanced contact angle and the hysteresis angle of water, glycol, glycerol, and olive oil was used to evaluate the superamphiphobicity. After 7 days of ultraviolet (UV) aging, five cycles of airbrush flushing and 48 h of immersion in acid, salt, and alkali solutions, the FTS coating still exhibits excellent amphiphobicity, which lays a foundation for its large-scale applications in the concrete exterior wall. The surface microstructure and the formation of air pockets are a prerequisite for superamphiphobicity, which promotes the liquid on the coating surface into the Cassie-Baxter state. Furthermore, the formation of air pockets is closely related to the gas adsorption capacity and the specific surface area (SBET) of the surface microstructure on the coating surface. The coatings with different SBET constructed and the advanced contact angle were measured. The influence of air pockets on the superamphiphobicity of coatings was studied in combination with the optical microscope. The understanding that SBET further influences superamphiphobicity by affecting the surface air pockets is proposed.
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- Guanyu Liu
- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Transportation Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, China
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Hoppe Alvarez L, Rudov AA, Gumerov RA, Lenssen P, Simon U, Potemkin II, Wöll D. Controlling microgel deformation via deposition method and surface functionalization of solid supports. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4927-4934. [PMID: 33620358 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp06355j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Soft matter at solid-liquid interfaces plays an important role in multiple scientific disciplines as well as in various technological fields. For microgels, representing highly interesting soft matter systems, we demonstrate that the preparation method, i.e. the way how the microgel is applied to the specific surface, plays a key role. Focusing on the three most common sample preparation methods (spin-coating, drop-casting and adsorption from solution), we performed a comparative study of the deformation behavior of microgels at the solid-liquid interface on three different surfaces with varying hydrophilicities. For in situ visualization of the deformation of pNIPMAM microgels, we conducted highly sensitive 3D super resolution fluorescence microscopy methods. We furthermore performed complementary molecular dynamics simulations to determine the driving force responsible for the deformation depending on the surface and the deposition method. The combination of experiments and simulations revealed that the simulated equilibrium structure obtained after simulation of the completely dry microgel after deposition is retained after rehydration and subsequent fluorescent imaging.
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- Laura Hoppe Alvarez
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 2, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
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- Physics Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-2, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation and DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Physics Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-2, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation and DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 2, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1 a, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Physics Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-2, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation and DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstraße 50, D-52056 Aachen, Germany and National Research South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 2, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
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Das A, Manna U. Customizing oil-wettability in air-without affecting extreme water repellency. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:24349-24356. [PMID: 33169782 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05964a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lotus leaf inspired superhydrophobic interfaces strongly repel the aqueous phase-but inherently display super-oil-affinity in air. However, superamphiphobic interfaces repel both the aqueous phase and the oil/oily phase strongly, due to their contact angles of above 150°. The fundamental criteria for optimizing such distinct super liquid wettabilities are different. Thus, in the past, distinct synthetic approaches were adopted to achieve these two different types of liquid-repellent interfaces for different prospective and relevant applications. Here, in this communication, a rapid and scalable spray deposition process is introduced for tailoring different oil-wettabilities in air, without perturbing the superhydrophobicity. An appropriate dilution of a reaction mixture of strategically selected two small molecules that readily reacted through the 1,4 conjugate addition reaction provided a facile basis for customizing oil wettability-starting from superoleophilicity to superoleophobicity, keeping intact the super water repellence. The synthesized superhydrophobic and superamphiphobic interfaces remained efficient for sustaining exposures of various practically relevant physical manipulations and abrasions and chemically complex aqueous phases. Furthermore, both the superhydrophobic and superamphiphobic interfaces were successfully extended for comparing the oil/water separation, anti-fouling and self-cleaning performances. Such a simple and common synthetic approach for preparing extremely water repellent interfaces that have differences in oil-wettability in air would be useful for practically relevant outdoor applications.
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- Avijit Das
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Kamrup, Assam 781039, India.
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Nauruzbayeva J, Sun Z, Gallo A, Ibrahim M, Santamarina JC, Mishra H. Electrification at water-hydrophobe interfaces. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5285. [PMID: 33082321 PMCID: PMC7576844 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19054-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The mechanisms leading to the electrification of water when it comes in contact with hydrophobic surfaces remains a research frontier in chemical science. A clear understanding of these mechanisms could, for instance, aid the rational design of triboelectric generators and micro- and nano-fluidic devices. Here, we investigate the origins of the excess positive charges incurred on water droplets that are dispensed from capillaries made of polypropylene, perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane-coated glass, and polytetrafluoroethylene. Results demonstrate that the magnitude and sign of electrical charges vary depending on: the hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity of the capillary; the presence/absence of a water reservoir inside the capillary; the chemical and physical properties of aqueous solutions such as pH, ionic strength, dielectric constant and dissolved CO2 content; and environmental conditions such as relative humidity. Based on these results, we deduce that common hydrophobic materials possess surface-bound negative charge. Thus, when these surfaces are submerged in water, hydrated cations form an electrical double layer. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the primary role of hydrophobicity is to facilitate water-substrate separation without leaving a significant amount of liquid behind. These results advance the fundamental understanding of water-hydrophobe interfaces and should translate into superior materials and technologies for energy transduction, electrowetting, and separation processes, among others.
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- Jamilya Nauruzbayeva
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, 23955 - 6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC), Division of Physical Science and Engineering, Thuwal, 23955 - 6900, Saudi Arabia
| | - Adair Gallo
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, 23955 - 6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, 23955 - 6900, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC), Division of Physical Science and Engineering, Thuwal, 23955 - 6900, Saudi Arabia
| | - Himanshu Mishra
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, 23955 - 6900, Saudi Arabia.
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