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Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry A: materials for energy and sustainability, 46(1), p. 14783

DOI: 10.1039/c3ta13807k

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Fabrication of superoleophobic surfaces on Al substrates

Journal article published in 2013 by Jinlong Song, Shuai Huang, Ke Hu, Yao Lu ORCID, Xin Liu, Wenji Xu
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Abstract

An easy method of fabricating superoleophobic surfaces on Al substrates by constructing reentrant structures is reported. The reentrant micro/nanometer-scale structures comprise micrometer-scale, rectangular-shaped, and step-like Al structures obtained by electrochemical etching and nanometer-scale Ag grains resulting from immersion in [Ag(NH3)2]+ solution. Surface energy is reduced by perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) containing –CF3 and –CF2– groups. The PFOA-modified micro/nanometer-scale rough structures enable the formation of a composite solid–liquid–air interface with peanut oil. These structures show good superoleophobicity with a peanut oil contact angle of 160.0 ± 2° and a sliding angle of 8°. Nanometer-scale structures can effectively transform the micrometer-scale non-reentrant structures into reentrant structures. With the aid of suitable low surface energy materials such as PFOA, fabricating superoleophobic surfaces on Al substrates can be easier.