Salvinia-Effect-Inspired "sticky" Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Meniscus-Confined Electrodeposition

Deyin Zheng; Youhua Jiang; Wentao Yu; Xiufen Jiang; Xin Zhao; Chang Hwan Choi; Guangyi Sun

doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03014

Salvinia-Effect-Inspired "sticky" Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Meniscus-Confined Electrodeposition

Deyin Zheng, Youhua Jiang, Wentao Yu, Xiufen Jiang, Xin Zhao, Chang Hwan Choi, Guangyi Sun^*

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Inspired by the Salvinia effect, we report the fabrication and characterization of a novel "sticky" superhydrophobic surface sustaining a Cassie-Baxter wetting state for water droplets with high contact angles but strong solid-liquid retention. Unlike superhydrophobic surfaces mimicking the lotus or petal effect, whose hydrophobicity and droplet retention are typically regulated by hierarchical micro- and nanostructures made of a homogeneous material with the same surface energy, our superhydrophobic surface merely requires singular microstructures covered with a hydrophobic coating but creatively coupled with hydrophilic tips with different surface energy. Hydrophilic tips are selectively formed by meniscus-confined electrodeposition of a metal (e.g., nickel) layer on top of hydrophobic microstructures. During the electrodeposition process, the superhydrophobic surface retains its plastron so that the electrolyte cannot penetrate into the cavity of hydrophobic microstructures, consequently making the electrochemical reaction between solid and electrolyte occur only on the tip. In contrast to typical superhydrophobic surfaces where droplets are highly mobile, the "sticky" superhydrophobic surface allows a water droplet to have strong local pinning and solid-liquid retention on the hydrophilic tips, which is of great significance in many droplet behaviors such as evaporation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13640-13648
Number of pages	9
Journal	Langmuir
Volume	33
Issue number	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03014
State	Published - 28 Nov 2017
Externally published	Yes

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