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An Aqueous Process for Durable Superamphiphobic Diblock Copolymer Coatings on Fabrics
Author(s) -
Zou Hailiang,
Lin Shudong,
Tu Yuanyuan,
Li Fei,
Hu Jiwen,
Liu Guojun,
Hu Shengyu,
Yang Gonghua,
Yu Zhiwei
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201500693
Subject(s) - copolymer , glycidyl methacrylate , materials science , aqueous solution , acrylate , methacrylate , atom transfer radical polymerization , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , polymerization , environmentally friendly , composite material , polymer , organic chemistry , chemistry , engineering , ecology , biology
Many strategies have been developed to prepare superamphiphobic fabrics that strongly repel water‐ and oil‐borne contaminants and etchants. However, the common drawback in these reported strategies is the use of organic solvents, which should be eliminated or reduced for practical applications. In this paper, the diblock copolymer of poly(2‐perfluorooctylethyl acrylate)‐block‐poly(glycidyl methacrylate‐ radom‐methoxy oligoethyleneglycolyl methacrylate) [PFOEA‐b‐P(GMA‐r‐mOEGMA)]is synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization and used to coat cotton and poly(ethylene terphthalate) fabrics from an aqueous process. It is found that fabrics with tunable and robust wettablity can be prepared from copolymer solution at different concentrations. For example, fabrics coated at a copolymer solution concentration of 22.8 mg mL‐1 are superamphiphobic. This process of current stratey is environment‐friendly, simple, and reproducible, and may find commercial applications.