title: Wetting transition of the caterpillar-like superhydrophobic Cu/Ni-Co hierarchical structure by heat treatment.
abstract: Caterpillar-like hierarchical structured Cu/Ni-Co coatings were fabricated by a simple two-step method of combined electroless and electrodeposition. Both contact angles and sliding angles were measured to investigate the hydrophobicity after stearic acid modification. The results revealed the contact angle was as high as 165.5°(superhydrophobic), while the sliding angle was only 3.5°, which makes it very promising as self-cleaning material. Wetting transition from slippery hydrophobicity to sticky hydrophobicity happened upon heat treatment. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis disclosed the morphology change of the hierarchical structure during the heat treatment leading to the wetting state transition. Different models of wetting states were raised and calculated to provide further confirmation of the transition. The contact angle remained larger than 156° when the pH value ranged from 1 to 14 and the heat-treatment temperature was from 100 to 250 °C. Such hierarchical micronanostructure and its special hydrophobicity are expected to have practical application in industry.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , No. 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai, 200240 P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , No. 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai, 200240 P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yuhang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , No. 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai, 200240 P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yunwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , No. 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai, 200240 P.R. China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , No. 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai, 200240 P.R. China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D003035:Cobalt; D003300:Copper; D009532:Nickel