Chemically Robust Superhydrophobic Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Films with Grafting Crosslinkable Fluorinated Silane
- Authors
- Jeong, Heejeong; Baek, Seolhee; Han, Singu; Jang, Hayeong; Rockson, Tonnah Kwesi; Lee, Hwa Sung
- Issue Date
- Mar-2018
- Publisher
- 한국고분자학회
- Keywords
- chemical robustness; fluorinated silane; poly(vinyliden fluoride); spray coating; superhydrophobicity
- Citation
- Macromolecular Research, v.26, no.6, pp.493 - 499
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- Journal Title
- Macromolecular Research
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 493
- End Page
- 499
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/erica/handle/2021.sw.erica/7876
- DOI
- 10.1007/s13233-018-6072-6
- ISSN
- 1598-5032
- Abstract
- A superhydrophobic surface with excellent chemical stability was fabricated using the spraying method, one of the most efficient technologies for producing large-area coatings at low cost. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) was used as a hydrophobic polymer material, and heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2,-tetra-hydrodecyl)trichlorosilane (FTS), which reacts with moisture during curing, was used to improve the water repellency and durability. Spray coating of PVDF alone yielded PVDF nanostructures described by the Cassie-Baxter model. The water contact angle of a water droplet on this surface, however, was 128°, indicating that the surface was not superhydrophobic. On the other hand, spray-coating a mixed PVDF-FTS solution provided a complex and homogeneous nanostructured surface with excellent water repellency and a contact angle of up to 159°. Immersion of the PVDF-only film for 20 min in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), a good solvent for PVDF, led to complete dissolution of the film. By contrast, the PVDF-FTS film maintained its superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of 151° after 20 min of immersion in DMF, and still exhibited a high contact angle of 142° after 1 h. The PVDF-FTS film developed in the present work should enable the production of large-area superhydrophobic coatings at low cost using a simple spray process. Moreover, the PVDF-FTS film displayed excellent stability against solvents, thus increasing its suitability for robust superhydrophobic applications. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © 2018, The Polymer Society of Korea and Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.
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