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Controllable Underwater Oil‐Adhesion‐Interface Films Assembled from Nonspherical Particles
Author(s) -
Huang Yu,
Liu Mingjie,
Wang Jingxia,
Zhou Jinming,
Wang Libin,
Song Yanlin,
Jiang Lei
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201101598
Subject(s) - materials science , adhesion , wetting , underwater , adhesive , fabrication , nanotechnology , biofouling , composite material , chemical engineering , layer (electronics) , oceanography , alternative medicine , pathology , membrane , engineering , geology , biology , genetics , medicine
A controllable underwater oil‐adhesion‐interface is presented based on colloidal crystals assembled from nonspherical latex particles. The underwater oil‐adhesive force of the as‐prepared film can be effectively controlled from high to low adhesion by varying the latex structures from spherical or cauliflower‐like to single cavity, which effectively adjusts the solid/liquid contact mode/wetting state of oil droplets on the films. This facile fabrication of functional films with special underwater oil‐adhesion properties based on a flexible design of a latex structure will offer significant insight for the design and creation of novel underwater antifouling materials.