Slippery Alkoxysilane Coatings for Antifouling Applications.

ABSTRACT: Herein, we report the wettability and antifouling behavior of a range of different siloxane coatings on plastic and glass substrates. The films investigated are prepared using trimethoxysilane precursors with different alkyl chain lengths (1-18 C atoms) in order to study how the nature of the hydrophobic group affects the different parameters used to characterize wettability (contact angles, sliding angles, and contact angle hysteresis). Atomic force microscopy analysis shows that the coatings possess low surface topography [root mean squared roughness (rms) < 50 nm] and are highly transparent as studied using UV-vis spectroscopy. The sliding properties of H₂O, CH₂I₂, methanol, and ethylene glycol were observed to be strongly influenced by the chain length

SUBMITTER: Apsey H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080537 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature