Issue 1, 2014
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Robust superhydrophobic surfaces from small diffusion flame treatment of hydrophobic polymers†

Ilker S. Bayer,*ab   Alexander J. Davisb  and  Abhijit Biswasc  

* Corresponding authors

a Nanophysics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
E-mail: ilker.bayer@iit.it

b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottsville, VA 22904, USA

c Center for Nano Science and Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA

Abstract

When pure perfluorinated acrylic or natural wax-perfluorinated acrylic polymer blend coating surfaces are treated with small diffusion flames for a short duration, deposition of superhydrophobic nanostructured carbonaceous films is observed. The carbonaceous films display a good degree of surface binding which cannot be removed by impinging and rolling water droplets. The resultant surfaces have very low droplet roll-off angles and remarkable resistance to saturation against fast impacting water streams as well as to disintegration in ultrasonic bath treatment.

Graphical abstract: Robust superhydrophobic surfaces from small diffusion flame treatment of hydrophobic polymers

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA44169E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Aug 2013
Accepted
23 Oct 2013
First published
31 Oct 2013

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 264-268

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Robust superhydrophobic surfaces from small diffusion flame treatment of hydrophobic polymers

I. S. Bayer, A. J. Davis and A. Biswas, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 264 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA44169E

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