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Breath figure patterns prepared by spraying ultrasonic atomized water droplets

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Abstract

Honeycomb-structured porous films have widely potential applications in chemical sensors, tissue engineering, micro reactors, catalysis and so forth. An enhanced breath figure method with spraying ultrasonic atomized water droplets replacing the water vapor in humidity is proposed to fabricate multi-level and large-area breath figure patterns (BFPs). Well-defined polyphenylene oxide honeycomb films were prepared at a proper spraying time. The pore size and the regularity of the hexagonal arrays could be regulated by changing solution concentration. Especially, honeycomb films with two-level pores were fabricated by spraying atomized water droplets two times. Moreover, large-area BFPs with film area larger than 100 cm2 could be formed on the glass substrate. The large-area BFPs formation capability of the enhanced BFM in this work give new insight into more widely application in surface engineering. For example, slippery surfaces were prepared using the large-area BFPs as the holding structures. And the prepared slippery surfaces showed extremely low critical sliding angles for water, and also demonstrated efficient self-cleaning property.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE 11th Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages392-395
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509019472
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Nov 2016
Event11th IEEE Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2016 - Sendai, Japan
Duration: 17 Apr 201620 Apr 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE 11th Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2016

Conference

Conference11th IEEE Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2016
Country/TerritoryJapan
CitySendai
Period17/04/1620/04/16

Keywords

  • breath figure patterns
  • honeycomb films
  • self-cleaning
  • slippery surfaces
  • spraying

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