Engineering of Ultra-Hydrophobic Functional Coatings Using Controlled Aggregation of Bicomponent Core/Shell Janus Particles

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 21; no. 12; pp. 2338 - 2344
• Main Authors: Berger, Sebastian, Ionov, Leonid, Synytska, Alla
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 21.06.2011; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Agglomeration; Aggregates; Coatings; Dispersions; fractal dimensions; functional coatings; Grafting; hierarchical structures; Janus; janus particles; Shells; ultra-hydrophobic coatings; Wetting

The morphology and wetting properties of coatings prepared using fully‐ covered, mono‐ and bicomponent polymeric Janus particles are investigated and compared. The particles are adsorbed on silica wafers, which were preliminarily coated by thin layers of chemically grafted polymer. The fully‐covered...