Twelve samples with periodic array square pillars microstructure were prepared on the silicon wafer by plasma etching techniques, on which space b of the square pillars increased from 5 to 60 μm. In order to study th...Twelve samples with periodic array square pillars microstructure were prepared on the silicon wafer by plasma etching techniques, on which space b of the square pillars increased from 5 to 60 μm. In order to study the effect ofb on the wettability of the rough surface, the effects of apparent contact angle （CA） and sliding angle （a） of the droplet on the rough surface were measured with the contact angle meter. The results show that the experimental values of CA well agree with the classical wetting theory and a decreases with the increase of b. Two drop shapes exist on the samples＇ surface, corresponding to the Cassie state and the Wenzel state respectively. The contact state in which a drop would settle depends typically on the size of b. On the role of gravitation, the irreversible transition of a drop from Cassie state to Wenzel state should occur at a certain space of the square pillars. Since the transition has implications on the application of super-hydrophobic rough surfaces, theoretically, the prediction of wetting state transition on square pillar array micro-structured surfaces provides an intuitionistic guidance for the design of steady superhydrophobic surfaces.展开更多
Some superhydrophobic siliconbased surfaces with periodic square pillar array microstructures were designed and fabricated, also their apparent contact angles （CAs） were quantitatively measured. On the basis of the ...Some superhydrophobic siliconbased surfaces with periodic square pillar array microstructures were designed and fabricated, also their apparent contact angles （CAs） were quantitatively measured. On the basis of the classical Wenzel＇s theory and Cassie＇s theory, two generally applicable equations corresponding of the cases of wetted contact and composite contact, which could reflect the relations between geometrical parameters of square pillar microstructures and apparent CAs, were educed. Then a theoretical prediction of the fabricated siliconbased surfaces was carried out by the equations, which was compatible with the result of experimental measurement, and this showed the rationality of the educed equations. The CAs of the surface prepared by merely plasma etching to create microstructures and by only Teflon treating were compared, and the result indicated that the effect of the former on achieving hydrophobic surfaces was greater than that of the later. Under the premise of synthetically considering transition between the two contact states, the effects of geometrical parameters of the square pillar microstructures to hydrophobicity were analyzcation, thereon a design condition and a design principle for super-hydrophobic surfaces which would be of specific application value were summarized.展开更多
基金Project(50435030) supported by the National Natural Science foundation of ChinaProject supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Chinese University Project(GZ080010) supported by the Open Research Fund Program of Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Photon Manufacturing Science and Technology
文摘Twelve samples with periodic array square pillars microstructure were prepared on the silicon wafer by plasma etching techniques, on which space b of the square pillars increased from 5 to 60 μm. In order to study the effect ofb on the wettability of the rough surface, the effects of apparent contact angle （CA） and sliding angle （a） of the droplet on the rough surface were measured with the contact angle meter. The results show that the experimental values of CA well agree with the classical wetting theory and a decreases with the increase of b. Two drop shapes exist on the samples＇ surface, corresponding to the Cassie state and the Wenzel state respectively. The contact state in which a drop would settle depends typically on the size of b. On the role of gravitation, the irreversible transition of a drop from Cassie state to Wenzel state should occur at a certain space of the square pillars. Since the transition has implications on the application of super-hydrophobic rough surfaces, theoretically, the prediction of wetting state transition on square pillar array micro-structured surfaces provides an intuitionistic guidance for the design of steady superhydrophobic surfaces.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50435030).
文摘Some superhydrophobic siliconbased surfaces with periodic square pillar array microstructures were designed and fabricated, also their apparent contact angles （CAs） were quantitatively measured. On the basis of the classical Wenzel＇s theory and Cassie＇s theory, two generally applicable equations corresponding of the cases of wetted contact and composite contact, which could reflect the relations between geometrical parameters of square pillar microstructures and apparent CAs, were educed. Then a theoretical prediction of the fabricated siliconbased surfaces was carried out by the equations, which was compatible with the result of experimental measurement, and this showed the rationality of the educed equations. The CAs of the surface prepared by merely plasma etching to create microstructures and by only Teflon treating were compared, and the result indicated that the effect of the former on achieving hydrophobic surfaces was greater than that of the later. Under the premise of synthetically considering transition between the two contact states, the effects of geometrical parameters of the square pillar microstructures to hydrophobicity were analyzcation, thereon a design condition and a design principle for super-hydrophobic surfaces which would be of specific application value were summarized.
