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Chemically Robust Superhydrophobic Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Films with Grafting Crosslinkable Fluorinated Silane

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A superhydrophobic surface with excellent chemical stability was fabricated using the spraying method, one of the most efficient technologies for producing large-area coatings at low cost. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) was used as a hydrophobic polymer material, and heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2,-tetra-hydrodecyl)trichlorosilane (FTS), which reacts with moisture during curing, was used to improve the water repellency and durability. Spray coating of PVDF alone yielded PVDF nanostructures described by the Cassie-Baxter model. The water contact angle of a water droplet on this surface, however, was 128°, indicating that the surface was not superhydrophobic. On the other hand, spray-coating a mixed PVDF-FTS solution provided a complex and homogeneous nanostructured surface with excellent water repellency and a contact angle of up to 159°. Immersion of the PVDF-only film for 20 min in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), a good solvent for PVDF, led to complete dissolution of the film. By contrast, the PVDF-FTS film maintained its superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of 151° after 20 min of immersion in DMF, and still exhibited a high contact angle of 142° after 1 h. The PVDF-FTS film developed in the present work should enable the production of large-area superhydrophobic coatings at low cost using a simple spray process. Moreover, the PVDF-FTS film displayed excellent stability against solvents, thus increasing its suitability for robust superhydrophobic applications.

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    Heejeong Jeong, Seolhee Baek, Singu Han, Hayeong Jang, Tonnah Kwesi Rockson & Hwa Sung Lee

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Acknowledgment: This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2016R1D1A1B03936094).

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Jeong, H., Baek, S., Han, S. et al. Chemically Robust Superhydrophobic Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Films with Grafting Crosslinkable Fluorinated Silane. Macromol. Res. 26, 493–499 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-018-6072-6

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