title: Inorganic Adhesives for Robust Superwetting Surfaces.
abstract: Superwetting surfaces require micro-/nanohierarchical structures but are mechanically weak. Moreover, such surfaces are easily polluted by amphiphiles. In this work, inorganic adhesives are presented as a building block for construction of superwetting surfaces and to promote robustness. Nanomaterials can be selected as fillers to endow the functions. We adopted a simple procedure to fabricate underwater superoleophobic surfaces by spraying a titanium dioxide suspension combined with aluminum phosphate binder on stainless steel meshes. The surfaces maintained their excellent performance in regard to oil repellency under water, oil/water separation, and self-cleaning properties after even 100 abrasion cycles with sandpaper. Robust superwetting surfaces favored by inorganic adhesives can be extended to other nanoparticles and substrates, which are potentially advantageous in practical applications.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Mingming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4183-6440
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.|Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University , Wuhan 430062, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhiguang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
keywords: inorganic adhesives; oil/water separation; robust surfaces; self-cleaning; underwater superoleophobic