TEXTURED POLYMER SURFACES WITH SUPERHYDROPHILIC PROPERTIES

An article includes a substrate comprising a multi-scalar texture, wherein the multi-scalar texture comprises features having at least one of a sidewall-to-sidewall spacing therebetween in a range of 0.001 micrometers to 1,000 micrometers; a diameter in a range of 0.001 micrometers to 100 micrometer...

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Hauptverfasser: LOW, Hong Yee, DUMOND, Jarrett J, MENDEZ, Alon Ramos
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Zusammenfassung:An article includes a substrate comprising a multi-scalar texture, wherein the multi-scalar texture comprises features having at least one of a sidewall-to-sidewall spacing therebetween in a range of 0.001 micrometers to 1,000 micrometers; a diameter in a range of 0.001 micrometers to 100 micrometers; a height in a range of 0.001 micrometers to 100 micrometers; and/or a pitch in a range of 0.001 micrometers to 1,000 micrometers; and a porous polymer coating, wherein the porous polymer coating has an average pore diameter in a range of 1 nanometer to 100,000 nanometers, preferably 10 nanometers to 10,000 nanometers, more preferably 10 nanometers to 1,000 nanometers.