1. A Durable and Self-Cleaning Superhydrophobic Surface Prepared by Precipitating Flower-Like Crystals on a Glass-Ceramic Surface.
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Fu, Haiqing, Liu, Shuo, Yi, Lanlin, Jiang, Hong, Li, Changjiu, and Chen, Yongjun
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SUPERHYDROPHOBIC surfaces ,CRYSTAL surfaces ,HYDROFLUORIC acid ,SURFACE chemistry ,CONTACT angle ,ROUGH surfaces ,GLASS-ceramics - Abstract
Herein, a superhydrophobic surface with superior durability was fabricated on a glass-ceramic surface by crystallization, hydrofluoric acid (HF) etching, and surface grafting. The as-prepared glass-ceramic surface was composed of three-dimensional flower-like micro-clusters, which were self-assembled from numerous nanosheets. Such a dual-scale rough surface exhibited superhydrophobicity, with a water contact angle (WCA) of 170.3° ± 0.1° and a sliding angle (SA) of ~2° after grafting with 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane (FAS-17). This can be attributed to the synergistic effect between the dual-scale structure and surface chemistry. Furthermore, this surface exhibited excellent self-cleaning properties, stability against strong acid and strong alkali corrosion, and anti-stripping properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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