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Fabrication of superhydrophobic TA2 titanium alloy and preliminary assessment of its antifouling, self-cleaning, anti-icing, friction resistance, and corrosion resistance performance

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Titanium alloy-based superhydrophobic surfaces have great advantages in terms of self-cleaning and corrosion resistance. To extend the application of titanium alloy, a multifunctional superhydrophobic TA2 titanium alloy was fabricated by anodic oxidation and chemical modification. Regular TiO2 nanotube arrays were obtained after anodic oxidation and completely covered by 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane. The water contact angle of superhydrophobic TA2 titanium alloy is as high as 153.4° ± 0.6°, and the contact angle of the surface shows good stability in different pH aqueous solutions and different concentrations of NaCl solutions. At −10 °C, the icing time of superhydrophobic TA2 titanium alloy surface can be extended to 4400 s. Furthermore, the superhydrophobic TA2 titanium alloy still maintains superhydrophobic properties when polished 70 times by sandpaper, indicating that the surface has good friction resistance. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results show that superhydrophobic TA2 titanium alloy with a Z′|f=0.01 Hz value of 84 kΩ cm2 has better corrosion resistance compared with the TA2 titanium alloy. These results indicate that the superhydrophobic composite film integrates multiple functions on the surface of TA2 titanium alloy, which greatly expands its application.

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The authors thank the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 52171083, 52001300), Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. LQ20B020011) and the Public Welfare Projects of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. LGG22E010002).

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    Sian Chen, Benfeng Zhu, Xuesheng Wang, Na Chen, Mengyan Liu, Yumeng Yang, Li Ren, Li Jiang & Guoying Wei

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by SC, BZ, XW, GJ, SS, and JC, NC, ML, YY, LR, and LJ. The first draft of the manuscript was written by SC, BZ, and GW. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Chen, S., Zhu, B., Wang, X. et al. Fabrication of superhydrophobic TA2 titanium alloy and preliminary assessment of its antifouling, self-cleaning, anti-icing, friction resistance, and corrosion resistance performance. J Coat Technol Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-023-00900-5

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