The Waterborne Superamphiphobic Coatings with Antifouling, High Temperature Resistance, and Corrosion Resistance

Abstract

Water-based superamphiphobic coatings are environmentfriendly, which have attracted tremendous attention recently, but the performances are severely limited by the dispersibility of hydrophobic particles. To solve the poor dispersibility of modified silica powder with hydrophobicity, silica dispersion was blended with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) emulsion and modified aluminum tripolyphosphate (ATP) dispersion to successfully prepare water-based coatings. Multifunctional coatings were prepared by one-step spraying. It possessed good adhesion (grade 1), excellent antifouling, impact resistance, chemical stability (acid and alkali resistance for 96 h of immersion), and corrosion resistance (3.5 wt % NaCl solutions for 20 days). More importantly, the superamphiphobic coatings had high contact angles (CAs) and low slide angles (SAs) for ethylene glycol (CAs = 154 ± 0.8°; SAs = 13 ± 0.7°) and water (CAs = 158 ± 0.7°; SAs = 4 ± 0.3°). Furthermore, the composite coating was still hydrophobic after 35 cycles of wear with high roughness sandpaper (120 mesh) under three different loads, which maintained superamphiphobicity at 425 °C. This work is expected to provide a facile idea and method for the preparation of waterborne superamphiphobic coatings.

Multifunctional Superamphiphobic Coating Based on Fluorinated TiO2 toward Effective Anti-Corrosion

“…By improving a surface's ability to repel fluids, special anti-wetting coatings can maximize the material's potential for industrial applications by improving the surface's anti-fouling [1][2][3], anti-corrosion [3][4][5][6], anti-icing [6][7][8][9][10], anti-bacterial [7], and many other properties [11]. Researchers have used low surface energy materials to construct micronano roughness structures in order to prepare superhydrophobic coatings, which are widely used in antifouling, anti-corrosion, anti-icing, and self-cleaning applications [12][13][14][15][16][17].…”