Organic/inorganic hybrid nano-microstructured coatings on insulated substrates by electrospray deposition.
Organic/inorganic hybrid nano-microstructured coatings on insulated polymer films were prepared by electrospray deposition (ESD) from an acrylic resin/silica sol blend solution. The surface morphologies of the coated films were observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The SEM images showed that a nano-microscaled fibrous structure was formed on the film. The fiber diameter decreased from 4.4 microm to 600 nm with the increase in the silica sol content. Energy-dispersive X-ray analysis also revealed that silica atoms were homogeneously distributed in the fibrous structure on the polymer film. These results indicated that the ESD method is potentially a useful option for producing nano-microstructured coatings on not only conductive, but also insulating surfaces.
Matsumoto
Hidetoshi
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Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, and International Research Center of Macromolecular Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-S8-27 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.
Mizukoshi
Tomoya
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Nitta
Kazuya
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Minagawa
Mie
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Tanioka
Akihiko
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Yamagata
Yutaka
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