The preparation and characterization of uniform nanoporous structure on glass
Author(s) -
Lei Wang,
Likai Li,
Youbo Liu,
Shuxian Wang,
Hui Cai,
Hao Jin,
Qingwen Tang,
Wei Sun,
Deren Yang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
royal society open science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 51
ISSN - 2054-5703
DOI - 10.1098/rsos.192029
Subject(s) - fabrication , superhydrophilicity , nanoporous , materials science , contact angle , transmittance , porosity , characterization (materials science) , nanotechnology , hydrofluoric acid , optics , composite material , optoelectronics , metallurgy , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , physics
A novel fabrication method of uniform porous structures on the glass surface is proposed. The hydrofluoric acid fog formed by air-jet atomization etches the glass surface to fabricate nanoporous structure (NPS) on glass surface. This NPS shows the enhanced average light transmittance of approximately 92.9% and the superhydrophilic property with a contact angle less than 1° which presents an excellent anti-fog property. Passivated by fluorosilane, the NPS shows nearly the superhydrophobic property with a contact angle of 141.2°. This fabrication method has shown promising application prospects due to its simplicity, low cost and efficiency, which can be easily applied to large-scale industrial production.
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