title: Facile fabrication of hierarchically structured silica coatings from hierarchically mesoporous silica nanoparticles and their excellent superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity.
abstract: Silica coatings with hierarchical structures were prepared on glass substrates via layer-by-layer assembly using hierarchically mesoporous silica nanoparticles as building block. These coatings demonstrated excellent superhydrophilic properties. After hydrophobic modification, the obtained coatings exhibited hydrophobic properties in the measurements of water contact angles by employing contact-mode and drip-mode, respectively. Water droplet of large volume (15 muL) had a smaller sliding angle than that of small volume (3 muL) when using the contact-mode due to the role of gravity despite the existence of large adhesive force between water droplet and the coating surface, while very small sliding angles were noted when using the drip-mode because of the existence of kinetic energy. The transmittance of fabricated coatings was enhanced and reduced, respectively, in the long and short wavelength ranges as compared with blank slide glass.
authors.affiliation: Functional Nanomaterials Laboratory and Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TIPC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun Beiyitiao 2, Haidianqu, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Junhui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D053758:Nanoparticles; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D014867:Water; D012822:Silicon Dioxide