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Superhydrophobic surfaces of microspheres obtained by self-assembly of poly[2-(perfluorooctyl)ethyl acrylate-ran-2-(dimethylamino)ethyl acrylate] in supercritical carbon dioxide

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Superhydrophobic surfaces were obtained by coating with microspheres formed by the self-assembly of poly[2-(perfluorooctyl)ethyl acrylate-ran-2-(dimethylamino)ethyl acrylate] (P[POA-r-DAA]) in the presence of dicarboxylic acids in supercritical carbon dioxide. The P[POA-r-DAA] random copolymer aggregated into micellar microspheres through the hydrogen bond cross-linking of the amino groups via the carboxylic acids. The size of the microspheres and the amount of the acids needed to produce them were dependent on the kinds of acids. Glutaric acid (Glu) and perfluorosuccinic acid (Psuc) provided microspheres at a 0.5 molar ratio of the acid/DAA. Psuc produced smaller microspheres than Glu. Maleic acid (Ma), succinic acid (Suc), and azelaic acid (Az) required a higher molar ratio to produce the microspheres. These acids provided spherical particles at the ratio of 1.0. The microspheres produced by Suc and Az contained particles with a several hundred nanometer size. The surface coated with the microspheres showed high water contact angles of 164°–172°.

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  1. The broad molecular weight distribution of the copolymer should be based on the poor solubility of the POA units. In fact, as the molar ratio of the POA to DAA units in the copolymer increased, the molecular weight distribution increased [22]. However, the differential scanning calorimeter analysis confirmed that no POA homopolymer was included in the copolymer.

  2. Poly(POA) showed the melting temperature at 72.2 °C, whereas poly(DAA) had the melting temperature below −50 °C.

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Yoshida, E., Nagakubo, A. Superhydrophobic surfaces of microspheres obtained by self-assembly of poly[2-(perfluorooctyl)ethyl acrylate-ran-2-(dimethylamino)ethyl acrylate] in supercritical carbon dioxide. Colloid Polym Sci 285, 1293–1297 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-007-1712-y

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