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A facile method for imparting superoleophobicity to polymer substrates

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A new method was presented to impart polymer substrate with superoleophobic properties. Aluminum/polymer composite was created by a hot-pressing process, and rough surface textures needed to establish superoleophobicity were created by HCl etching and boiling water treatment. After surface fluorination, the surface became super-repellent towards water and several organic liquids, such as hexadecane. The effect of geometrical structure on hydrophobicity and oleophobicity was investigated, and the result showed that the synergistic action of microterraces and nanoflakes played a key role in establishing oleophobicity. A waterfall/jet test demonstrated that the obtained surface can keep its superoleophobicity after a long time exposure to water. Moreover, the obtained surface did not lose the superoleophobicity after placing it under cold condition for 7 days.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Foundation of China (grant no. 51002162) and the “Western Action Program.”

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianshui Road 18th, Lanzhou, 730000, P.R. China

    Guina Ren, Zhaozhu Zhang, Xiaotao Zhu, Bo Ge, Kun Wang, Xianghui Xu, Xuehu Men & Xiaoyan Zhou

  2. Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, P.R. China

    Guina Ren, Xiaotao Zhu, Bo Ge & Xiaoyan Zhou

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Ren, G., Zhang, Z., Zhu, X. et al. A facile method for imparting superoleophobicity to polymer substrates. Appl. Phys. A 114, 1129–1133 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-7660-0

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