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性别:男
毕业院校:吉林大学
学位:博士
所在单位:材料科学与工程学院
学科:材料表面工程
电子邮箱:ypli@dlut.edu.cn
Biomimetic Random Arrays of Nanopillars and Nanocones with Robust Antiwetting Characteristics
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论文类型:期刊论文
发表时间:2021-01-10
发表刊物:JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
卷号:124
期号:31
页面范围:17095-17102
ISSN号:1932-7447
摘要:The presence of random arrays of elongated nanostructures with dimensional nonuniformity on the cuticular surfaces of insects endows them with antiwetting characteristics, as exemplified by nanopillar arrays on dragonfly wings and nanocone arrays on cicada wings. But the roles of the nanostructure shape and dimensional nonuniformity, as well as of the randomness of placement, on antiwetting characteristics are difficult to delineate because of the different chemical compositions of the surfaces of dragonfly and cicada wings. Therefore, biomimetic random arrays of nanopillars and nanocones with a similar tip diameter, placement irregularity, and chemical composition were fabricated on polypropylene substrates by plasma etching and polymerization. Gaussian nonuniformity of the nanopillar/nanocone dimensions as well as the irregularity of their placement were considered in determining the antiwetting capillary pressure and the adhesion energy. The gradient of the antiwetting capillary pressure normal to the substrate plane is the reason for nanocone arrays to resist wetting by water droplets impacting at high speeds much better than nanopillar arrays. The tapered shape of nanocones also promotes the dewetting transition of droplets from the sticky Wenzel state to the slippery Cassie state.