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Plasma Nanostructuring of Polymers: Different Routes to Superhydrophobicity
Author(s) -
Milella Antonella,
Di Mundo Rosa,
Palumbo Fabio,
Favia Pietro,
Fracassi Francesco,
d'Agostino Riccardo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
plasma processes and polymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1612-8869
pISSN - 1612-8850
DOI - 10.1002/ppap.200930011
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , microfluidics , materials science , polymer , plasma , compatibility (geochemistry) , composite material , physics , quantum mechanics
In this paper, we review different plasma processes developed in our laboratory to obtain nanostructured superhydrophobic polymer surfaces. All methods consist of a single step and lead to functional materials which combine a fluorinated chemistry with unique surface morphologies. The transition from sticky to slippery superhydrophobicity, crucial for several applications ranging from microfluidics to outdoor self‐cleaning surfaces, is found by properly tuning process parameters. Methods are compared in terms of process time‐scale and compatibility to different substrates.