A Highly Stretchable and Robust Non-fluorinated Superhydrophobic Surface.

ABSTRACT: Superhydrophobic surface simultaneously possessing exceptional stretchability, robustness, and non-fluorination is highly desirable in applications ranging from wearable devices to artificial skins. While conventional superhydrophobic surfaces typically feature stretchability, robustness, or non-fluorination individually, co-existence of all these features still remains a great challenge. Here we report a multi-performance superhydrophobic surface achieved through incorporating hydrophilic micro-sized particles with pre-stretched silicone elastomer. The commercial silicone elastomer (Ecoflex) endowed the resulting surface with high stretchability; the densely packed micro-sized particles in multi-layers contributed to the preservation of the large surface roughness even under large strains

SUBMITTER: Ju J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5650104 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature