Nonsolvent-assisted fabrication of multi-scaled polylactide as superhydrophobic surfaces. Issue 10 (10th February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chang, Yafang; Liu, Xuying; Yang, Huige; Zhang, Li; Cui, Zhe; Niu, Mingjun; Liu, Hongzhi; Chen, Jinzhou
• Is Part Of: Soft matter. Volume 12:Issue 10(2016)
• Page Start: 2766
• Page End: 2772
• Publication Date: 2016-02-10
• Subjects: Soft condensed matter -- Periodicals; 530.413
• DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00079g
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-683X

Abstract

Abstract : Superhydrophobic PLA surfaces with a high adhesion force exhibited the co-existence of micro-/nano-scale hierarchical structure that was formed by phase separation during the evaporation of solvent/nonsolvent systems. Abstract : The solution-processing fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces is currently intriguing, owing to high-efficiency, low cost, and energy-consuming. Here, a facile nonsolvent-assisted process was proposed for the fabrication of the multi-scaled surface roughness in polylactide (PLA) films, thereby resulting in a significant transformation in the surface wettability from intrinsic hydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity. Moreover, it was found that the surface topographical structure of PLA films can be manipulated by varying the compositions of the PLA solutions. And the samples showed superhydrophobic surfaces as well as high melting enthalpy and crystallinity. In particular, a high contact angle of 155.8° together with a high adhesive force of 184 μN was yielded with the assistance of a multi-nonsolvent system, which contributed to the co-existence of micro-/nano-scale hierarchical structures.