Issue 4, 2013
From the journal:

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Porous poly(2-octyl cyanoacrylate): a facile one-step preparation of superhydrophobic coatings on different substrates†

Xin Du,a   Junsheng S. Li,ab   Linxian X. Liac  and  Pavel A. Levkin*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail: levkin@kit.edu

b Department of Applied Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

c Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

Superhydrophobic surfaces hold great promise in a variety of applications where the extreme water repellency can lead to novel properties and functionalities. Most of the existing techniques, however, require multi-step and laborious procedures as well as are only applicable to certain substrates. We present a facile one-step (“paint-like”) method for creating superhydrophobic porous polymer coatings. The approach is based on the anionic polymerization of octyl cyanoacrylate in the presence of aqueous ethanol. This leads to the formation of a highly porous superhydrophobic polymer film. The morphology of the porous structure can be controlled by varying the ethanol/water ratio. The method is fast, convenient, does not require any special equipment, and can be performed in the presence of oxygen. We show that the technique can be used to coat variety of materials, is applicable to three-dimensional substrates and leads to the formation of stable and strongly adherent superhydrophobic coatings.

Graphical abstract: Porous poly(2-octyl cyanoacrylate): a facile one-step preparation of superhydrophobic coatings on different substrates

About
Cited by
Related
Download options Please wait...

Supplementary files

Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2TA00934J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Nov 2012
Accepted
28 Nov 2012
First published
29 Nov 2012

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 1026-1029

Permissions

Request permissions

Porous poly(2-octyl cyanoacrylate): a facile one-step preparation of superhydrophobic coatings on different substrates

X. Du, J. S. Li, L. X. Li and P. A. Levkin, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 1026 DOI: 10.1039/C2TA00934J

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements