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Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Ti-6Al-4V Surfaces with Single-Scale Micotextures by using Two-Step Laser Irradiation and Silanization.


ABSTRACT: Laser irradiation is a popular method to produce microtextures on metal surfaces. However, the common laser-produced microtextures were hierarchical (multiscale), which may limit their applicability. In this paper, a method of two-step laser irradiation, combining first-step strong ablation and sequentially second-step gentle ablation, was presented to produce micron-rough surface with single-scale microtextures. The effect of laser fluence on the Ti-6Al-4V surface morphology and wettability were investigated in detail. The morphology results revealed that the microtextures produced using this method gradually evolved from multiscale to single-scale meanwhile from microprotrusions to microholes with increasing the second-step laser fluence from 0.0 to 2.4 J/cm2. The wettability and EDS/XPS results indicated that attributing to the rich TiO2 content and micron roughness produced by laser irradiation, all the two-step laser-irradiated surfaces exhibited superhydrophilicity. In addition, after silanization, all these superhydrophilic surfaces immediately turned to be superhydrophobic with close water contact angles of 155-162°. However, due to the absence of nanotextures, the water-rolling angle on the superhydrophobic surfaces with single-scale microtextures distinctly larger than those with multiscale ones. Finally, using the two-step laser-irradiation method and assisted with silanization, multifunctional superhydrophobic Ti-6Al-4V surfaces were achieved, including self-cleaning, guiding of the water-rolling direction and anisotropic water-rolling angles (like the rice-leaf), etc.

SUBMITTER: He H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7503593 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Ti-6Al-4V Surfaces with Single-Scale Micotextures by using Two-Step Laser Irradiation and Silanization.

He Haidong H   Hua Risheng R   Li Xuan X   Wang Chunju C   Ning Xuezhong X   Sun Lining L  

Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20200829 17


Laser irradiation is a popular method to produce microtextures on metal surfaces. However, the common laser-produced microtextures were hierarchical (multiscale), which may limit their applicability. In this paper, a method of two-step laser irradiation, combining first-step strong ablation and sequentially second-step gentle ablation, was presented to produce micron-rough surface with single-scale microtextures. The effect of laser fluence on the Ti-6Al-4V surface morphology and wettability wer  ...[more]

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