Preparation of gradient wettability surface by anodization depositing copper hydroxide on copper surface

A facile route for preparation of gradient wettability surface on copper substrate with contact angle changing from 90.3°to4.2°was developed.The Cu（OH）2 nanoribbon arrays were electrochemically deposited on copper foil via a modified anodization technology,and the growth degree and density of the Cu（OH）2 arrays may be controlled varying with position along the substrate by slowly adding aqueous solution of KOH into the two-electrode cell of an anodization system to form the gradient surface.The prepared surface was water resistant and thermal stable,which could keep its gradient wetting property after being immersed in water bath at 100℃ for 10 h.The results of scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,X-ray diffraction（XRD） and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS） demonstrate that the distribution of Cu（OH）2 nanoribbon arrays on copper surface are responsible for the gradient wettability.

Roughness-dependent wetting and surface tension of molten lead on alumina

Surface roughness is an important factor that affects the wetting of molten metal on ceramics.The effect of surface roughness of the alumina substrate on the contact angle,contact diameter,drop height and surface tension of molten lead was investigated in the temperature range of 923-1123 K.The microstructure of the lead/substrate interface was observed by SEM.The surface free energy of alumina substrates was calculated by the geometrical average method.When the surface roughness of the substrate increased from 0.092 to 2.23μm,the surface free energy increased gradually,ranging from 13.356 to 39.998 mJ/m^(2).The contact diameter of lead droplets decreased from 9.111 to 7.19 mm.The lead drop height increased from 3.41 to 3.85 mm.The contact angle increased from 113.05°to 137.15°.Moreover,the surface depression of the alumina substrate was filled with lead,and no obvious change was observed.The results demonstrated that the wetting of lead drop on alumina substrates was consistent with the Wenzel state.

Determination of Contact Angle Hysteresis on Polyamide Surfaces

The wettability of the solid surface is often characterized by the contact angle of the liquid on the solid surface. However, it has long been found that the contact angle of liquid on a solid surface can take a range of values between two extremes： the advancing and the receding contact angles. The difference between the advancing and the receding contact angles is conventionally called contact angle hysteresis. Knowledge of contact angle hysteresis is essential to understand surface wettability and control surface wetting behavior. The wettability can be affected, for example, by the roughness of the solid surface. In our work, textile is used as macroscopic roughness surfaces, and smooth plate surface is used as well to determine contact angle hysteresis. The advancing and receding contact angles are measured on polyamide materials.

Study of Wetting Properties of Carbon Nanofiber Coatings on Various Substrates

The role of roughness and composition on the wetting characteristics of a series of carbon nanofiber based coatings were studied in order to evaluate its superhydrophobic properties. In this study, idealized surfaces were created from a smooth stainless steel and aluminium sheets and two other stainless steel sheets with different textured surfaces. All surfaces were coated with carbon nanofiber alcohol solutions in order to generate coatings of variable compositions using mixtures of isopropanol, water and a commercial carbon nanofibre. The optimum concentration of carbon nanofiber in coatings was obtained to produce superhydrophobic surfaces. A general trend of increasing hydrophobicity was observed for coated surfaces as compared to the bare substrate. Individual contact angles were dependent on the nature of the underlying substrate, relative surface pattern, and roughness. Overall wetting properties were dependent upon composition and micro scale roughness of the coatings.

Sessile droplet freezing and ice adhesion on aluminum with different surface wettability and surface temperature

This paper focused on the sessile droplet freezing and ice adhesion on aluminum with different wettability （hydrophilic, com- mon hydrophobic, and superhydrophobic surfaces, coded as HIS, CHS, SHS, respectively） over a surface temperature range of -9℃ to -19℃. It was found that SHS could retard the sessile droplet freezing and lower the ice adhesion probably due to the interfacial air pockets （IAPs） on water/SHS interface. However, as surface temperature decreasing, some IAPs were squeezed out and such freezing retarding and adhesion lowering effect for SHS was reduced greatly. For a surface temperature of-19℃, ice adhesion on SHS was even greater than that on CHS. To discover the reason for the squeezing out of lAPs, forces applied to the suspended water on IAPs were analyzed and it was found that the stability of IAPs was associated with surface mi- cro-structures and surface temperature. These findings might be helpful to designing of SHS with good anti-icing properties.