Layer-by-layer deposition of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) and sodium silicate multilayers on silica-sphere-coated substrate-facile method to prepare a superhydrophobic surface

Lianbin Zhang, Huan Chen, Junqi Sun*, Jiacong Shen

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Abstract

A facile method for preparing a superhydrophobic surface was developed by layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition of poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA)/sodium silicate multilayer films on a silica-sphere-coated substrate followed with a fluorination treatment. First, a silica-sphere-coated substrate that contains loosely stacked silica spheres of 600 and 220 nm was prepared and cross-linked with SiCl4. PDDA was then alternately assembled with sodium silicate on the silica-sphere-coated surface to prepare a micro- and nanostructured hierarchical surface. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images verify that the deposition of a 5-bilayer FDD A/sodium silicate multilayer film leads to the formation of a microand nanostructured hierarchical surface. After chemical vapor deposition of a layer of fluoroalkylsilane, a superhydrophobic surface with a water contact angle of 157.1° and sliding angle of 3.1° was successfully fabricated. The easy availability of the materials and simplicity of this method might make the superhydrophobic surface potentially useful in a variety of applications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)948-953
Number of pages6
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 20 2007
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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