Candle Soot as a Template for a Transparent Robust Superamphiphobic Coating.pdfVIP

Candle Soot as a Template for a Transparent Robust Superamphiphobic Coating 1,2 1 1 1 Xu Deng, Lena Mammen, Hans-Jürgen Butt, Doris Vollmer * 1Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128, Mainz, Germany. 2Center of Smart Interfaces, Technical University Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. *To whom correspondence should be adddressed. E-mail: vollmerd@mpip-mainz.mpg.de Coating is an essential step in adjusting the surface surface tension of the solid, and γSL is the interfacial tension properties of materials. Superhydrophobic coatings with of the solid liquid interface. For organic liquids 30 ≤γLV ≤ 18 contact angles greater than 150° and roll-off angles below mN/m mainly van der Waals interaction act between the 10° for water have been developed, based on low energy molecules. Therefore, γ - γ is positive and on planar SV SL surfaces and roughness on the nano- and micrometer surfaces Θ 90°. Similarly, the contact angle on rough 1 scales. However, these surfaces are still wetted by organic surfaces depends on the surface tensions, because roughness 1 0 2 liquids such as surfactant-based solutions, alcohols, or amplifies the wetting properties. , 5 alkanes. Coatings that are simultaneously The key factors for superamphiphobicity are not clear yet. 1 r superhydrophobic and superoleophobic are rare. We For water repellency, surface roughness and low surface e b designed an easily fabricated, transparent, and oil- energy are essential 14 . To fabricate superamphiphobic m e rebounding superamphiphobic coating. A porous deposit surfaces overhangs, re-entrant geometry, or convex curvature c e of candle soot was coated with a 25 nm thick silica shell. is also important 19–25 . The complex interplay between D n The black coating became transparent after calcination at surface roughness, low surface energy and topography has o g 600°C. After silanization the coating is superamphiphobic made it difficult and expensive to