Superhydrophobic aluminum surfaces by deposition of micelles of fluorinated block copolymers
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Desbief, Simon[University of Mons (UMons) > Centre d’Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux (CIRMAP) > Service de Chimie des Matériaux Nouveaux et Laboratoire Interfaces et Fluides Complexes (InFlux) > >]
Grignard, Bruno[University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
Detrembleur, Christophe[University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
Rioboo, Romain[University of Mons (UMons) > > Laboratoire de Physique des Surfaces et des Interfaces (LPSI) > >]
Vaillant, Alexandre[University of Mons (UMons) > > Laboratoire de Physique des Surfaces et des Interfaces (LPSI) > >]
Seveno, David[University of Mons (UMons) > > Laboratoire de Physique des Surfaces et des Interfaces (LPSI) > >]
Voué, Michel[University of Mons (UMons) > > Laboratoire de Physique des Surfaces et des Interfaces (LPSI) > >]
De Coninck, Joel[University of Mons (UMons) > > Laboratoire de Physique des Surfaces et des Interfaces (LPSI) > >]
Jonas, Alain M.[Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) > > Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences > >]
Jérôme, Christine[University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
Damman, Pascal[University of Mons (UMons) > Centre d’Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux (CIRMAP) > Laboratoire Interfaces et Fluides Complexes (InFlux) > >]
Lazzaroni, Roberto[Univesity of Mons (UMons) > Centre d’Innovation et de Recherche en Matériaux (CIRMAP) > Service de Chimie des Marériaux Nouveaux > >]
[en] Superhydrophobic surfaces are generated by chemisorption on aluminum substrates of fluorinated block copolymers synthesized by reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer in supercritical carbon dioxide. In an appropriate solvent, those block copolymers can form micelles with a fluorinated corona, which are grafted on the aluminum substrate thanks to the presence of carboxylic acid groups in the corona. Water contact angle and drop impact analysis were used to characterize the wettability of the films at the macroscale, and atomic force microscopy measurements provided morphological information at the micro- and nanoscale. The simple solvent casting of the polymer solution on a hydroxylated aluminum surface results in a coating with multiscale roughness, which is fully superhydrophobic over areas up to 4 cm2.
Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Communauté française de Belgique) - F.R.S.-FNRS ; Politique Scientifique Fédérale (Belgique) = Belgian Federal Science Policy ; The "Région Wallonne" in the frame of the "CORRONET" program