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    Preparation of super water-repellent membrane by radiation-induced copolymerization B

    Year: 2006

    Journal: Surface & Coatings Technology 200 (2006) 5493-5497, 20111221

    Authors: Wang Qingjun, Quan Yiwu, Zhang Junsheng, Chen Qingmin

    Organizations: Polymer Science and Engineering Department, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P.R. China

    Super water-repellent surfaces are generally introduced by controlling the surface chemistry and surface roughness, which are applied by means of complex time-consuming processes. We describe a simple method for forming super water-repellent surfaces using 60Co gamma-irradiation induced hexafluoropropylene/ethyl methacrylate (HFP/EMA) vapor phase copolymerization under atmospheric pressure conditions. The resulting coral-reef-like microtexture surface has a water contact angle of 153º. The method described here could easily be extended to preparing superhydrophobic surface from a wide variety of materials.