Superhydrophobic hierarchical arrays fabricated by a scalable colloidal lithography approach

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• 作者：Pratik Kothary ; Xuan Dou ; Yin Fang ; Zhuxiao Gu ; Sin-Yen Leo ; Peng Jiang ; ^{pjiang@che.ufl.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Superhydrophobic ; Dewetting ; Colloidal lithography ; Colloidal crystals ; Hierarchical
• 刊名：Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：487
• 期：Complete
• 页码：484-492
• 全文大小：3753 K

文摘

Here we report an unconventional colloidal lithography approach for fabricating a variety of periodic polymer nanostructures with tunable geometries and hydrophobic properties. Wafer-sized, double-layer, non-close-packed silica colloidal crystal embedded in a polymer matrix is first assembled by a scalable spin-coating technology. The unusual non-close-packed crystal structure combined with a thin polymer film separating the top and the bottom colloidal layers render great versatility in templating periodic nanostructures, including arrays of nanovoids, nanorings, and hierarchical nanovoids. These different geometries result in varied fractions of entrapped air in between the templated nanostructures, which in turn lead to different apparent water contact angles. Superhydrophobic surfaces with >150° water contact angles and <5° contact angle hysteresis are achieved on fluorosilane-modified polymer hierarchical nanovoid arrays with large fractions of entrapped air. The experimental contact angle measurements are complemented with theoretical predictions using the Cassie’s model to gain insights into the fundamental microstructure-dewetting property relationships. The experimental and theoretical contact angles follow the same trends as determined by the unique hierarchical structures of the templated periodic arrays.