A feasible electrochemical method for tuning coatings wettability from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity

作者：Xu, Lianyi^*; Wei, Donglai; Chen, Yunxia; Li, Rongbin^*

来源：Applied Surface Science, 2016, 385: 80-87.

DOI：10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.05.053

• Electrochemical polymerization
• Superhydrophilicity
• Superhydrophobicity
• Polythiophene film
• Tunable wettability

A feasible electrochemical method for controlling arbitrarily the surface wettability between superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity was presented in details. A series of composited polythiophene films (PL-PEDOT) with wettability from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity were readily fabricated by tuning precisely the electrodeposition charge (EC) of overlying hydrophobic poly(2,2'-bithiophene) (PLTH) moieties on the underlying poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) moieties. The various wettability of the resulting PL-PEDOT film could be attributed to the combination of the conducting and porous nanostructure of PEDOT films and the flexible electrodeposition strategy. The wettability change of PL-PEDOT films is also companied by the changes in their spectral colors. This electrochemical method could present a feasible technique for the preparation of various wettability surfaces in practical applications.

• 出版日期2016-11-1
• 单位上海电机学院