ACS Omega
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2019
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IF 2.584
Hao Xu,Chao Chang,Nan Yi,Peng Tao,Chengyi Song,Jianbo Wu,Tao Deng,Wen Shang
This paper studied the coalescence, spreading, and rebound of two droplets with different temperatures on a superhydrophobic surface. When the temperature of the impacting droplet was the same as that of the stationary droplet, there was a large deformation of both droplets before the coalescence and the energy dissipation was also large. The coalescence happened at the time close to the maximum spreading. When the temperature of the impacting droplet increased, the deformation of both droplets became smaller before the coalescence and the coalescence happened at or even before the droplets started to spread. The energy dissipation and loss in the later situation is less than those in the previous case. The rebounding characteristics of the merged droplets were also found to be dependent on the temperature. There is an optimum temperature at which the merged droplets can rebound for more times due to the balance of energy loss and also the interaction of the merged droplets with the underlying superhydrophobic substrate. These findings may help further the fundamental understanding of droplet collision on a superhydrophobic surfaces and also offer an alternative strategy to remove droplets from the underlying surfaces for different industrial applications, including condensation heat transfer in steam power plants and phase-change-based thermal management systems.
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材料科学
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Coatings
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2018
·Vol. 8
·期 11
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IF 2.35
Qian Zhao,Tiantian Tang,Fang Wang
The development of a self-cleaning and corrosion resistant superhydrophobic coating for aluminum alloy surfaces that is durable in aggressive conditions has attracted great interest in materials science. In the present study, a superphydrophobic film was fabricated on an AA5052 aluminum alloy surface by the electrodeposition of Ni–Co alloy coating, followed by modification with 6-(N-allyl-1,1,2,2-tetrahydro-perfluorodecyl) amino-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-dithiol monosodium (AF17N). The surface morphology and characteristics of the composite coatings were investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrum (EDS), atomic force microscope (AFM) and contact angle (CA). The corrosion resistance of the coatings was assessed by electrochemical tests. The results showed that the surface exhibited excellent superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning performance with a contact angle maintained at 160° after exposed to the atmosphere for 240 days. Moreover, the superhydrophobic coatings significantly improved the corrosion resistant performance of AA5052 aluminum alloy substrate in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution.Keywords:superhydrophobic surface;aluminum alloy;corrosion resistance;self-cleaning
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2021
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IF 6.707
Wuzhi Yuan,Zhixing Liao,Kui He,Quanbing Liu,Si-Min Huang
The self-cleaning of the superhydrophobic surface (SHS) attracted worldwide interest. However, in most cases it depends on the incoming droplet, which places additional constraints especially in arid area and/or narrow space. Herein, a condensation-induced self-cleaning of dust on the SHS is proposed. First, the SHS are prepared and dust is deposited on the surface, and then the dust removal process is studied on the condensation visualization platform. During condensation, a liquid bridge is initially formed at the contact points between particles on the SHS, which governs dust removal behavior. Specially, three consecutive processes are accounted for the self-cleaning including dust agglomerating, condensate sliding and rolling as the condensate prolongs. As far as the sizes and coverage rate of dust particles are concerned, over 95% of particles can be removed by condensation within 90 min (air temperature 26 ± 0.5 ℃, air humidity 60 ± 5% and cooling-stage temperature 10 ± 0.5 ℃). This study aims to provide a useful, in-depth understanding of dust mitigation by condensation on SHS, which has potential application in PV module and heat exchanger.
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Materials
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2023
·Vol. 16
·期 21
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IF 3.4
Haipei Ge,Yu Liu,Fujuan Liu
In recent years, with the rapid development of the economy and great progress in science and technology, people have become increasingly concerned about their quality of life and physical health. In order to pursue a higher life, various functional and biomimetic textiles have emerged one after another and have been sought after by people. There are many animal and plant surfaces with special wettability in nature, and their unique “micro-nano structures” and low surface energy have attracted extensive attention from researchers. Researchers have prepared various textiles with superhydrophobic features by mimicking these unique structures. This review introduces the typical organisms with superhydrophobicity in nature, using lotus, water strider, and cicada as examples, and describes their morphological features and excellent superhydrophobicity. The theoretical model, commonly used raw materials, and modification technology of superhydrophobic surfaces are analyzed. In addition, the application areas and the current study status of superhydrophobic surfaces for textiles are also summarized. Finally, the development prospects for superhydrophobic textiles based on bionic technology are discussed.Keywords:superhydrophobic surface;biomimetic textiles;lotus leaf;theoretical modeling
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LANGMUIR
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2025
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IF 3.9
Dan Zhang,Yue Zhao,Qi He,Zengxi Pan,Guohong Ma
Herein, a superhydrophobic surface was designed and fabricated based on the “lotus effect” construction mechanism. The zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-90) micro-nanoparticles were initially synthesized via a one-pot method, combined with long-chain stearic acid (STA), and subsequently embedded in polyvinyl butyral (PVB) to form a superhydrophobic surface at room temperature. The superhydrophobic surface demonstrated mechanical stability and retained its superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle (CA) greater than 150°, even at a wear distance of 400 cm. The composite coating formed by applying this superhydrophobic surface to magnesium (Mg) alloy exhibited a high corrosion potential (Ecorr = −0.86 V) and a low corrosion current density (icorr = 3.66 × 10–12 A·cm–2) compared to the uncoated Mg substrate (Ecorr = −1.53 V, icorr = 1.14 × 10–4 A·cm–2), indicating that the coating effectively enhances the corrosion resistance of the substrate. Notably, the superhydrophobic composite coating demonstrated corrosion resistance durability with a high charge transfer resistance (Rct = 5.12 × 109 Ω·cm2) after 5 days of immersion in 3.5 wt % NaCl aqueous solution. In addition, the as-prepared superhydrophobic surface also displayed excellent performance in self-cleaning and anti-icing. We believe that this work can facilitate the application of ZIFs on superhydrophobic surfaces and provide a new approach for metal corrosion protection.
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2015
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IF 2.711
Damei Lv,Junfei Ou,Mingshan Xue,Fajun Wang
Superhydrophobic surface (SHS) was fabricated on aluminum via surface roughening by NaClO and surface passivation by hexadecyltrimethoxysilane. The long-term durability for storing the sample in air and the chemical stability for contacting the sample with NaCl solution were investigated. The short-term corrosion resistance for immersing the sample in NaCl solution for 1 h was investigated by potentiodynamic polarization, and the long-term corrosion resistance for immersing the sample in NaCl solution for 7 days was investigated by variation analyses on surface wettability, surface morphology, and surface chemistry. All experimental results suggested that the so-obtained SHS possessed good stability and good corrosion resistance under the testing conditions.
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Scientific Reports
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2014
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IF 5.078
Yi Nan,Huang Bin,Dong Lining,Quan Xiaojun,Hong Fangjun,Tao Peng,Song Chengyi,Shang Wen,Deng Tao
This report investigates the impact of droplet temperature on the head-on collision of binary droplets on a superhydrophobic surface. Understanding droplet collision is critical to many fundamental processes and industrial applications. There are many factors, including collision speed, collision angle and droplet composition, that influence the outcome of the collision between binary droplets. This work provides the first experimental study of the influence of droplet temperature on the collision of binary droplets. As the droplet temperature increases, the possibility increases for the two droplets to coalesce after collision. The findings in this study can be extended to collision of droplets under other conditions where control of the droplet temperature is feasible. Such findings will also be beneficial to applications that involve droplet collision, such as in ink-jet printing, steam turbines, engine ignition and spraying cooling.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2024
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Nuannuan Wang,Mengjiao Xu,Changyu Leng,Qingtao Ma,Jiale Wei,Luxiang Wang,Nannan Guo,Lili Ai,Shizhan Feng,Jiaojiao Dai,Xiaoting Xu,Lanlan Zhao
The design of fiber membranes with both ultra-high flux and pH-responsive oil/water separation is challenging but of great significance to environmental protection and human health. In this work, the pH-responsive fiber membranes were prepared by immersing the silica-modified polyacrylonitrile fiber substrates into oleic acid solution. The obtained membranes exhibited highly rough surface structures (Ra = 14.26 µm), large pore sizes (5.35 µm), high porosities (86.04%), and pH-responsive functional groups, respectively. The pH-responsive fiber membranes also had superhydrophobic surfaces and excellent selective separation for oil/water mixtures, for example, a trichloromethane permeation flux of 87,829 L m -2 h - 1 for immiscible oil/water separation, and a water permeation flux of 69,802 L m -2 h - 1 after turning the pH of water from 7 to 13. The above data were much higher than those of stimulus-responsive fiber membranes used for oil/water separation. In addition, the pH-responsive fiber membranes were also used for separating water-in-oil emulsions and oil-in-water emulsions, and achieved the highest separation flux of 15,120 L m -2 h - 1 . This work provides a simple strategy for the preparation of a stimulus responsiveness and high-performance material that can be used in the direction of treating practical oily wastewater.
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2025
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IF 8.2
Pengyu Zhang,Zhiguang Guo
Superhydrophobic surfaces are considered to be an effective method for anti-icing, but passive anti-icing alone is not as effective as it should be, so it is crucial to develop effective anti-icing techniques. In this study, a photothermal anti-icing structure with multienergy barriers was designed by combining active and passive anti-icing technologies and prepared by a three-step method of laser etching, hydrothermal growth of nanostructures, and chemical modification based on the Cassie–Baxter–Wenzel transition theory. The experimental results show that the static water contact angle of the prepared surface is up to 160°, the sliding angle is less than 3.6°, and the surface temperature is 25 °C higher than that of the original control group over 100 s under standard solar irradiation. The multienergy barrier design greatly prolongs the time of the anti-icing, and the durability test shows that the surface maintains superhydrophobicity even after the abrasion of sandpaper and the impact of sand. This superhydrophobic photothermal coating has great potential for anti-icing and deicing applications.
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能源技术
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2022
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IF 5.518
Yiming Jian,Hongtao Gao,Yuying Yan
Superhydrophobic surfaces with micron-nanosized two-tiered structures have huge potential in practical applications. However, the complex preparation process and low-stability of the versatile superhydrophobic surfaces restricted their wide application. Herein, a facile chemical etching process was applied to create a micron-sized rough structure on the 1060 aluminum alloy substrate, and the micron-sized rough structure surface (M-surface) was hydrophobic with a water contact angle of 113.50° ± 2.7°. Then, the M-surface was modified by hydrophobic SiO 2 nanoparticles , and a superhydrophobic micron-nanosized two-tiered structure surface (MNSS-TMES/H-SiO 2 coating) with a water contact angle of 161.20° ± 2.3° was constructed. The as-prepared MNSS-TMES/H-SiO 2 coating can maintain superhydrophobicity after self-cleaning, sand impact, and anti-frosting tests. More importantly, the MNSS-TMES/H-SiO 2 coating exhibited superior anti-icing performance and higher defrosting efficiency. The freezing delay time of a water droplet on the MNSS-TMES/H-SiO 2 coating was prolonged to 4973.87 s at − 15 °C, and the frost layer on the resultant coating was melting speedily and turned into several isolated spherical water droplets in approximately 20 s. Therefore, the prepared durable fluorine-free superhydrophobic MNSS-TMES/H-SiO 2 coating with self-cleaning performance, higher defrosting efficiency, and the ability to delay icing, which has great prospects in practical applications.
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International Journal of Electrochemical Science
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2023
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IF 1.5
Hong Li,Yanfeng Lu,XinYan Zou,Chunyu Wang,Hongyan Wei
Copper stearate coating was fabricated on a copper substrate through a simple solution immersion method at room temperature. The surface exhibited grass-like structure, which endowed it with superhydrophobicity and the water contact angle was about 152.3°. Electrochemical measurement revealed that this superhydrophobic surface (SHS) showed better corrosion resistance than bare copper surface and the inhibition efficiency of this SHS was about 95.91%. Moreover, the SHS demonstrated the reduction in adhesion between ice and surface, thus allowing for easy removal of ice. This method may provide a simple way to design SHS with corrosion resistance and anti-icing performance on metal surfaces.
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Green Chemical Engineering
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2020
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IF 0
Qingping Xin,Kaiqiang Xie,Qingqing Liang,Xu Li,Yinan Zeng,Yuhang Zhao,Lei Zhang,Shaofei Wang,Hong Li,Yuzhong Zhang
In membrane contactors, maintaining a high SO 2 absorption flux and an excellent wetting resistance are crucial for hazardous gas removal. In this study, we adopted an electrospinning strategy to fabricate highly robust superhydrophobic dual-layer Elec-PVDF/SiO 2 composite membrane contactors used for flue gas desulfurization. The composite membrane contactor consisted of a durable and ultrathin three-dimensional (3D) superhydrophobic surface and a porous supporting layer, where the formulation was optimized by regulating the PVDF concentration, solvent ratio and SiO 2 particles content in electrospinning solution. The scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), EDS-mapping, water contact angle (WCA) and surface roughness of as-prepared Elec-PVDF/SiO 2 composite membrane contactors were conducted to explore the physical and chemical structure. The SiO 2 nanoparticles were uniformly loaded in Elec-PVDF/SiO 2 composite membrane contactor, and constructed micro-nano dual-coarse lotus-leaf-like morphology, which noticeably elevated surface roughness ( R a ). The SiO 2 nanoparticles also functioned as hydrophobic modifiers, which boosted the WAC up to 155°. The SO 2 absorption fluxes and SO 2 removal efficiencies were investigated. In particular, the membrane contactor doped with 20 wt% SiO 2 nanoparticles significantly elevated the stability of desulfurization performance. Besides, the membrane mass transfer coefficient ( K m ) and corresponding membrane mass transfer resistance ( H / K m ) were explored.
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