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Raynard A, Abbas A, Armstrong S, Wells GG, McHale G, Sefiane K, Orejon D. Tuning contact line dynamics on slippery silicone oil grafted surfaces for sessile droplet evaporation. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1750. [PMID: 38242933 PMCID: PMC10799045 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50579-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2024] Open
Abstract
Controlling the dynamics of droplet evaporation is critical to numerous fundamental and industrial applications. The three main modes of evaporation so far reported on smooth surfaces are the constant contact radius (CCR), constant contact angle (CCA), and mixed mode. Previously reported methods for controlling droplet evaporation include chemical or physical modifications of the surfaces via surface coating. These often require complex multiple stage processing, which eventually enables similar droplet-surface interactions. By leveraging the change in the physicochemical properties of the outermost surface by different silicone oil grafting fabrication parameters, the evaporation dynamics and the duration of the different evaporation modes can be controlled. After grafting one layer of oil, the intrinsic hydrophilic silicon surface (contact angle (CA) ≈ 60°) is transformed into a hydrophobic surface (CA ≈ 108°) with low contact angle hysteresis (CAH). The CAH can be tuned between 1° and 20° depending on the fabrication parameters such as oil viscosity, volume, deposition method as well as the number of layers, which in turn control the duration of the different evaporation modes. In addition, the occurrence and strength of stick-slip behaviour during evaporation can be additionally controlled by the silicone oil grafting procedure adopted. These findings provide guidelines for controlling the droplet-surface interactions by either minimizing or maximising contact line initial pinning, stick-slip and/or constant contact angle modes of evaporation. We conclude that the simple and scalable silicone oil grafted coatings reported here provide similar functionalities to slippery liquid infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs), quasi-liquid surfaces (QLS), and/or slippery omniphobic covalently attached liquid (SOCAL) surfaces, by empowering pinning-free surfaces, and have great potential for use in self-cleaning surfaces or uniform particle deposition.
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- Astrid Raynard
- Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK
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- Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, 39161, Pakistan.
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- Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK
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- Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK
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- Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK
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- Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK
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- Institute for Multiscale Thermofluids, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK.
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
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Karthikeyan A, Girard M, Dumont MJ, Chouinard G, Tavares JR. Surface Modification of Commercially Available PLA Polymer Mesh. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Adya Karthikeyan
- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QuébecH3C 3A7, Canada
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- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QuébecH3C 3A7, Canada
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- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Laval University, Québec CityG1V 0A6, Canada
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- Research and Development Institute for the Agri-Environment (IRDA), Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QuébecJ3V 0G7, Canada
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- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, QuébecH3C 3A7, Canada
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Torres‐Castillo CS, Tavares JR. Covalent functionalization of boron nitride nanotubes through photo‐initiated chemical vapour deposition. CAN J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.24440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- CREPEC, Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montreal Quebec Canada
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Ifijen IH, Maliki M. A comprehensive review on the synthesis and photothermal cancer therapy of titanium nitride nanostructures. INORG NANO-MET CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/24701556.2022.2068596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Ikhazuagbe H. Ifijen
- Department of Research Operations, Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Benin, Nigeria
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry, Edo State University, Uzairue, Iyamho, Nigeria
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Little A, Pellis A, Comerford JW, Naranjo-Valles E, Hafezi N, Mascal M, Farmer TJ. Effects of Methyl Branching on the Properties and Performance of Furandioate-Adipate Copolyesters of Bio-Based Secondary Diols. ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING 2020; 8:14471-14483. [PMID: 33014637 PMCID: PMC7525809 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c04513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Furandioate-adipate copolyesters are an emerging class of bio-based biodegradable polymers with great potential to replace fossil-derived terephthalic acid-based copolyesters such as poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT). Furandioate-adipate polyesters have almost exclusively been prepared with conventional primary (1°) alcohol diols, while secondary (2°) alcohol diol monomers have largely been overlooked until now, despite preliminary observations that using methyl-branched diols increases the T g of the resultant polyesters. Little is known of what impact the use of 2° alcohol diols has on other properties such as material strength, hydrophobicity, and rate of enzymatic hydrolysis-all key parameters for performance and end-of-life. To ascertain the effects of using 2° diols on the properties of furandioate-adipate copolyesters, a series of polymers from diethyl adipate (DEA) and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid diethyl ester (FDEE) using different 1° and 2° alcohol diols was prepared. Longer transesterification times and greater excesses of diol (diol/diester molar ratio of 2:1) were found to be necessary to achieve M ws > 20 kDa using 2° alcohol diols. All copolyesters from 2° diols were entirely amorphous and exhibited higher T gs than their linear equivalents from 1° diols. Compared to linear poly(1,4-butyleneadipate-co-1,4-butylenefurandioate), methyl-branched, poly(2,5-hexamethyleneadipate-co-2,5-hexamethylenefurandioate) (0:7:0.3 furandioate/adipate ratio) displayed both higher modulus (67.8 vs 19.1 MPa) and higher extension at break (89.7 vs 44.5 mm). All other methyl-branched copolyesters displayed lower modulus but retained higher extension at break compared with their linear analogues. Enzymatic hydrolysis studies using Humicola insolens cutinase revealed that copolyesters from 2° alcohol diols have significantly decreased rates of biodegradation than their linear equivalents synthesized using 1° alcohol diols, allowing for fine-tuning of polymer stability. Hydrophobicity, as revealed by water contact angles, was also found to generally increase through the introduction of methyl branching, demonstrating potential for these materials in coatings applications.
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- Alastair Little
- Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
- Department of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Konrad-Lorenz Straβe 20, Tulln an der Donau 3430, Austria
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- Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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Suppression of Hydrophobic Recovery in Photo-Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition. Catalysts 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/catal10050534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Photo-initiated chemical vapor deposition (PICVD) functionalizes carbon nanotube (CNT)-enhanced porous substrates with a highly polar polymeric nanometric film, rendering them super-hydrophilic. Despite its ability to generate fully wettable surfaces at low temperatures and atmospheric pressure, PICVD coatings normally undergo hydrophobic recovery. This is a process by which a percentage of oxygenated functional group diffuse/re-arrange from the top layer of the deposited film towards the bulk of the substrate, taking the induced hydrophilic property of the material with them. Thus, hydrophilicity decreases over time. To address this, a vertical chemical gradient (VCG) can be deposited onto the CNT-substrate. The VCG consists of a first, thicker highly cross-linked layer followed by a second, thinner highly functionalized layer. In this article, we show, through water contact angle and XPS measurements, that the increased cross-linking density of the first layer can reduce the mobility of polar functional groups, forcing them to remain at the topmost layer of the PICVD coating and to suppress hydrophobic recovery. We show that employing a bi-layer VCG suppresses hydrophobic recovery for five days and reduces its effect afterwards (contact angle stabilizes to 42 ± 1° instead of 125 ± 3°).
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Zhao X, Wei C, Gai Z, Yu S, Ren X. Chemical vapor deposition and its application in surface modification of nanoparticles. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-019-00963-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Knoch S, Chouinard G, Dumont MJ, Tavares JR. Dip-dip-dry: Solvent-induced tuning of polylactic acid surface properties. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.123591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Jamkhande PG, Ghule NW, Bamer AH, Kalaskar MG. Metal nanoparticles synthesis: An overview on methods of preparation, advantages and disadvantages, and applications. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2019.101174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 60.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Farhanian D, De Crescenzo G, Tavares JR. Large-Scale Encapsulation of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles via Syngas Photo-Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition. Sci Rep 2018; 8:12223. [PMID: 30111772 PMCID: PMC6093859 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30802-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Photo-initiated chemical vapor deposition (PICVD) has been adapted for use in a jet-assisted fluidized bed configuration, allowing for the encapsulation of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles on a larger scale than ever reported (5 g). This new methodology leads to a functional coating with a thickness of 1.4–10 nm, confirmed by HRTEM and TGA. XPS and TOF-SIMS characterization confirm that the coating is composed of both aliphatic and polymerized carbon chains, with incorporated organometallic bonds and oxygen-containing moieties. UV-Vis absorbance spectra show that the coating improved dispersion in non-polar solvents, such as n-dodecane. This process represents a first step towards the large-scale, solvent-free post-synthesis processing of nanoparticles to impart a functional coating.
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- Donya Farhanian
- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3A7, Canada
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- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3A7, Canada
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- CREPEC, Department of Chemical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, Station Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3A7, Canada.
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