TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomimetic hydrophilichydrophobic hybrid polymer-structured surfaces with superhydrophobicity and strong water microdroplet adhesion
AU - Ishii, Daisuke
AU - Takahashi, Akihito
AU - Shimomura, Masatsugu
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - To mimic the function of rose petals, we demonstrate a facile method to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces that strongly absorb water droplets, even when the surfaces are inverted. The hydrophilichydrophobic hybrid surfaces were made from selforganized honeycomb-patterned porous films (i.e., honeycombs) by a simple casting and peeling process, and they were composed of microscale hydrophilic parasols and hydrophobic nanoscale pillars. The hybrid polymer surfaces gave rise to characteristic wettabilities that combined water repellency with strong adhesion of water droplets of less than 9 μL.
AB - To mimic the function of rose petals, we demonstrate a facile method to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces that strongly absorb water droplets, even when the surfaces are inverted. The hydrophilichydrophobic hybrid surfaces were made from selforganized honeycomb-patterned porous films (i.e., honeycombs) by a simple casting and peeling process, and they were composed of microscale hydrophilic parasols and hydrophobic nanoscale pillars. The hybrid polymer surfaces gave rise to characteristic wettabilities that combined water repellency with strong adhesion of water droplets of less than 9 μL.
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U2 - 10.1246/cl.2012.1276
DO - 10.1246/cl.2012.1276
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84868293698
VL - 41
SP - 1276
EP - 1278
JO - Chemistry Letters
JF - Chemistry Letters
SN - 0366-7022
IS - 10
ER -