Combined Hydrophobicity and Mechanical Durability through Surface Nanoengineering

This paper reports combined hydrophobicity and mechanical durability through the nanoscale engineering of surfaces in the form of nanorod-polymer composites. Specifically, the hydrophobicity derives from nanoscale features of mechanically hard ZnO nanorods and the mechanical durability derives from...

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Published inScientific reports Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 9260
Main Authors Elliott, Paul R., Stagon, Stephen P., Huang, Hanchen, Furrer, David U., Burlatsky, Sergei F., Filburn, Thomas P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.04.2015
Nature Publishing Group
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Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrophobic surfaces
Hydrophobicity
Mechanical engineering
Morphology
multidisciplinary
Polymers
Science
Zinc oxides
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Summary:This paper reports combined hydrophobicity and mechanical durability through the nanoscale engineering of surfaces in the form of nanorod-polymer composites. Specifically, the hydrophobicity derives from nanoscale features of mechanically hard ZnO nanorods and the mechanical durability derives from the composite structure of a hard ZnO nanorod core and soft polymer shell. Experimental characterization correlates the morphology of the nanoengineered surfaces with the combined hydrophobicity and mechanical durability and reveals the responsible mechanisms. Such surfaces may find use in applications, such as boat hulls, that benefit from hydrophobicity and require mechanical durability.
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ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/srep09260