Facile preparation of superhydrophobic biomimetic surface based on octadecyltrichlorosilane and silica nanoparticles

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2010 Aug;2(8):2393-8. doi: 10.1021/am1004046.

Abstract

The present paper describes the simple and low-cost process for the production of a superhydrophobic surface with micronano hierarchical structure from the chemisorptions of SiO(2) nanoparticles onto polymerized n-octadecylsilane. The process was carried out under ambient conditions without the use of expensive equipment. The as-prepared micronano-binary films exhibited a very high contact angle of 179.9 degrees and a low contact hysteresis of 2.5 degrees . On the basis of the results of the characterization techniques, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and contact angle (CA) measurements, a formation mechnism of the superhydrophobic micronano structure was proposed. Drop impact experiments on the modified-glass substrate showed that the as-prepared films possess a high-impalement threshold.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomimetics / methods*
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Silanes / chemistry*
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Surface Properties
  • Water / chemistry*

Substances

  • Silanes
  • Water
  • octadecyltrichlorosilane
  • Silicon Dioxide