From superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic surfaces tuned by surfactant solutions

The wettability of hydrophobic surfaces is generally improved by surfactant solutions. The wetting behavior of superhydrophobic surfaces can be classified into two types, in terms of the variation of contact angle with surfactant concentration c s . Contact angle is controlled by surface tension for...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2007-08, Vol.91 (9), p.094108-094108-3
Hauptverfasser: Chang, Feng-Ming, Sheng, Yu-Jane, Chen, Hui, Tsao, Heng-Kwong
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The wettability of hydrophobic surfaces is generally improved by surfactant solutions. The wetting behavior of superhydrophobic surfaces can be classified into two types, in terms of the variation of contact angle with surfactant concentration c s . Contact angle is controlled by surface tension for common linear surfactants and becomes independent of c s as c s > critical micelle concentration. Consequently, superhydrophobic surfaces remain in hydrophobic range, as reported. However, for branch-tailed surfactants such as sodium-bisethylhexylsulfosuccinate and didodecyldimethyl ammonium bromide, superhydrophobic surfaces can turn superhydrophilic by increasing c s owing to continuous reduction of solid-liquid interfacial tension. The superhydrophobicity is recoverable simply by water rinsing.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.2779092