Biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces by combining mussel-inspired adhesion with lotus-inspired coating

Xue, Chao-Hua; Ji, Xue-Qing; Zhang, Jing; Ma, Jianzhong; She, Jia

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/26/33/335602

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“…Owing to their self‐cleaning and antifouling properties, superhydrophobic surfaces with water contact angles higher than 150° have drawn both great theoretical and technical interest in recent years. For a flat solid surface, the contact angle (CA) θ can be described by Young's model .…”

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Superhydrophobic PES/PDA/ODTS fibrous mat prepared by electrospinning and silanization modification for oil/water separation

Cao

Qiu

Xiong

et al. 2017

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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With polydopamine (PDA) acting as interlayer, combined with electrospinning technology and a silanization method, here a versatile method for fabricating a superhydrophobic PES/PDA/ODTS fibrous mat is reported. Scanning electron microscopy, attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and contact angle measurements were applied to characterize the morphologies and chemical composition changes of the prepared fibrous mats. Their separation ability for oil/water mixtures was measured by self-made instruments. The results show that the fabricated PES/PDA/ODTS fibrous mat displays a water contact angle too large to be assessed by the ordinary amount of water applied in a conventional measurement. In other words, a water drop of less than 10 lL adheres to the syringe needle and leaves with it during the measurement. The prepared PES/PDA/ODTS fibrous mat also shows a threshold sliding angle no more than 2.58. At the same time, this kind of material exhibits superoleophilicity for organic solvents, such as n-hexane, gasoline, toluene, and chloroform. The experimental contact angles were also analyzed using the Cassie-Baxter model to gain insights into the fundamental microstructure-wetting property relationship. V C 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018, 135, 45923.

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Superhydrophobic PES/PDA/ODTS fibrous mat prepared by electrospinning and silanization modification for oil/water separation

Cao

Qiu

Xiong

et al. 2017

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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“…After decades of study, it has been well recognized that the combination of micro- and nanoscaled hierarchical structures and low surface energy materials is crucial to fabricate numerous artificial superhydrophobic surfaces2021222324. In recent years, considerable efforts have been devoted to preparing superhydrophobic materials for various purposes.…”

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Robust, Self-Healing Superhydrophobic Fabrics Prepared by One-Step Coating of PDMS and Octadecylamine

Xue

Bai

She

2016

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A robust, self-healing superhydrophobic poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) fabric was fabricated by a convenient solution-dipping method using an easily available material system consisting of polydimethylsiloxane and octadecylamine (ODA). The surface roughness was formed by self-roughening of ODA coating on PET fibers without any lithography steps or adding any nanomaterials. The fabric coating was durable to withstand 120 cycles of laundry and 5000 cycles of abrasion without apparently changing the superhydrophobicity. More interestingly, the fabric can restore its super liquid-repellent property by 72 h at room temperature even after 20000 cycles of abrasion. Meanwhile, after being damaged chemically, the fabric can restore its superhydrophobicity automatically in 12 h at room temperature or by a short-time heating treatment. We envision that this simple but effective coating system may lead to the development of robust protective clothing for various applications.

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“…For example, ammonia is used to control particle size in solution and aniline has been used to suppress particle formation in the formation of polydopamine thin films at the air–water interface . Further, the changing polymerization processes in nucleophilic and nonnucleophilic buffers have specifically been exploited, with dopamine deposited from phosphate buffer and then from Tris to increase surface roughness of the coating for a superhydrophobic surface …”

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“…Hierarchically nanostructured surfaces have been constructed using polydopamine, followed by chemical modification with alkanes and fluoroalkanes to increase hydrophobicity . These durable, superhydrophobic coatings have been applied to a range of surfaces including 3D structures and complex materials such as fabrics, sponges and even a spray application method of nanostructured, transparent, hydrophobic coatings has been developed . The use of polydopamine to attach hierarchical nanostructures and/or fluoroalkyl chemistry has expanded the range of surfaces to which superamphiphobic coatings can be applied, with application to self‐cleaning materials .…”

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Versatile Surface Modification Using Polydopamine and Related Polycatecholamines: Chemistry, Structure, and Applications

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Clarke

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Almost ten years ago, Lee et al. [13] formulated a universal adhesive coating based on observation of the strong attachment by mussels through their byssal threads to virtually all types of inorganic and organic surfaces. The amino acid compositions of the mussel foot proteins that generate the attachment are rich in catechol and amine groups. [13][14][15] These groups associate under marine conditions, forming strong covalent and noncovalent interactions with substrates. [13] This led to the idea that both catechol and amine groups were crucial in forming robust, wide spectrum adhesive nanolayers [16,17] and consequently dopamine was conceived as a powerful building block for spontaneous deposition of thin polymer films. The dopamine monomer is deposited onto unadulterated surfaces through self-assembly and oxidative cross-linking from mild pH aqueous solution in a rapid reaction. This results in a durable, nanoscale, conformal, and hydrophilic coating that can be readily modified to introduce specific surface chemistries for a particular application. [18][19][20][21][22] These bioinspired, polydopamine materials are chemically and structurally indistinguishable from eumelanins found in the human body, [23,24] providing excellent biocompatibility. Additionally, polydopamine has broad electromagnetic absorption and excellent photothermal energy conversion [25] as well as having ionic-electronic hybrid conductivity. [26] Along with the excellent coating performance, these properties provide a vast array of potential applications for polydopamine materials.In this article, we explain what is known about polydopamine and related catecholamine coatings; their formation, the adhesion mechanism, and their physicochemical properties and we also review the applications of these materials (Figure 1). Since 2011, there have been a number of reviews on this subject matter, including general reviews on the physicochemical properties of polydopamine coatings [11,20,[27][28][29] and their applications. [20,27,30] There are also a number of more specific reviews on the chemical synthesis and modulation of polycatecholamine coatings, [31] the biomedical applications of these coatings, [8,[32][33][34] their electronic properties, [26,35] the use of polydopamine to make films at fluid interfaces, [36] in hierarchically constructed particles, [33] and capsules, [30] exploitation of polycatecholamine coatings in membrane filtration, [37] polydopamine-derived carbon materials, [38] and the use of coordination chemistry in catechol-based materials. [39] Nonetheless, this area of research is growing so rapidly [25,27] that many recent Polydopamine and related polycatecholamines can be easily deposited onto almost any surface from mild, aqueous solution. This results in durable, nanoscale coatings that exhibit high biocompatibility and have useful chemical and electronic properties. Additionally, these materials can be readily chemically and physically modified, and consequently, they are used extensively for surface modification. This ...

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Biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces by combining mussel-inspired adhesion with lotus-inspired coating

Cited by 43 publications

References 40 publications

Superhydrophobic PES/PDA/ODTS fibrous mat prepared by electrospinning and silanization modification for oil/water separation

Superhydrophobic PES/PDA/ODTS fibrous mat prepared by electrospinning and silanization modification for oil/water separation

Robust, Self-Healing Superhydrophobic Fabrics Prepared by One-Step Coating of PDMS and Octadecylamine

Versatile Surface Modification Using Polydopamine and Related Polycatecholamines: Chemistry, Structure, and Applications

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