Sequentially reinforced additive coating for transparent and durable superhydrophobic glass

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Shuangjie
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Juan
dc.contributor.authorWen, Min
dc.contributor.authorYao, Ming
dc.contributor.authorWang, Fengjue
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Fuzhi
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Qi
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Yi-Bing
dc.contributor.authorZhong, Jie
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-04T11:27:20Z
dc.date.available2019-01-04T11:27:20Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-05
dc.description.abstractNow that there are various routes to prepare superhydrophobic surfaces for self-cleaning, anti-icing, liquid collecting, etc., attentions are moving toward low-cost upscaling of routes and increasing the reliability for actual applications. However, the required micro–nano structures for superhydrophobicity are light scattering and very vulnerable to abrasion. This intrinsically conflicts with the transparency and durability of superhydrophobic glass, which are the major barriers for its commercialization. In this study, we present a novel sequentially reinforced additive coating (SRAC) process to realize robust and transparent micro–nano structured film with tough intergranular sintering. A benign aqueous-based ink with poly(furfuryl alcohol) (PFA) and silica species is carefully designed and sprayed on glass to enable self-phase separation and morphology construction. The coatings reach the static contact angle (SCA) for water over 166° and withstand a 6H pencil scratching, the cross-cut test, and sand abrasion. Moreover, we also performed a 90 day outdoor performance test and the glass maintained superhydrophobicity with an SCA of 154°. These results provide a low-cost waterborne ink formula, and the high throughput and upscalable SRAC process could be a convenient technology for the fabrication of large area, robust superhydrophobic coatings.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationShuangjie Zhao, Juan Zhao, Min Wen, et al., Sequentially reinforced additive coating for transparent and durable superhydrophobic glass. Langmuir, 2018, Volume 31, Issue 38, pp. 11316-11324en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0743-7463
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01960
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13778
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societyen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.titleSequentially reinforced additive coating for transparent and durable superhydrophobic glassen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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