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Surface-Independent Hierarchical Coatings with Superamphiphobic Properties

"Schlaich, C.; Cuellar Camacho, L.; Yu, L.; Achazi, K.; Wei, Q.; Haag, R." – 2016

Facile approaches for the fabrication of substrate independent superamphiphobic surfaces that can repel both water and organic liquids have been limited. The design of such super-repellent surfaces is still a major challenge of surface chemistry and physics. Herein, we describe a simple and efficient dip-coating approach for the fabrication of highly hierarchical surface coatings with superamphiphobic properties for a broad range of materials based on a mussel-inspired dendritic polymer (MI-dPG). The MI-dPG coating process provides a precise roughness control, and the construction of highly hierarchical structures was achieved either directly by pH-controlled aggregation or in combination with nanoparticles (NP). Moreover, the fabrication of coatings with a thickness and roughness gradient was possible via simple adjustment of the depth of the coating solution. Subsequent postmodification of these highly hierarchical structures with fluorinated molecules yielded a surface with superamphiphobic properties that successfully prevented the wetting of liquids with a low surface tension down to about 30 mN/m. The generated superamphiphobic coatings exhibit impressive repellency to water, surfactant containing solutions, and biological liquids, such as human serum, and are flexible on soft substrates.

Title
Surface-Independent Hierarchical Coatings with Superamphiphobic Properties
Author
"Schlaich, C.; Cuellar Camacho, L.; Yu, L.; Achazi, K.; Wei, Q.; Haag, R."
Publisher
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
Keywords
"hierarchical coatings; mussel-inspired adhesives; protein-resistant surfaces; self-cleaning; superamphiphobic surfaces"
Date
2016-10-26
Identifier
1944-8252 (Electronic) 1944-8244 (Linking)
Type
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