Wettability-driven synergistic resistance of scale and oil on robust superamphiphobic coating

Disgusting deposits(e.g.,scale and crude oil)in daily life and industrial production are always serious problems,posing great threats to the safety and economic development.However,most of developed coatings can only conquer one part of these deposits such as superhydrophobic coatings possess antiscaling capacity but would adhere crude oil.To integrate scale resistance with oil repellence,we herein report a robust superamphiphobic(SAB)coating simultaneously reducing pollution of scale and oil for extended period of time(two weeks with over 98%reduction).Compared with single role of superhydrophobic and amphiphilic surfaces,the SAB coating can not only inhibit interfacial nucleation of scale but also reduce the adhesion of formed scale and polluted oil.The durability of the SAB coating is evaluated via mechanical tests(sandpaper abrasion,tape stripping and sand falling)and chemical corrosion(corrosive liquid immersing),revealed by sustainable high contact angles and low contact angle hysteresis of water and oil.The universality of this strategy can be further confirmed by adding different particles like kaolin,Al_(2)O_(3),and SiO_(2),resisting multiple types of scale(i.e.,CaSO_(4),BaSO_(4)and MgCO_(3))and oil(i.e.,glycerol,glycol,and mineral oil).Therefore,this study provides an ideal avenue for resisting scale and oil,which may be used for conquering the complexity of application environments(e.g.,oil production and transportation).

A slippery hydrogel coating with durable oil-repellent property and self-regeneration capacity

Traditional lubricant impregnated surfaces usually required fluorinated lubricants to achieve slippery oil repellency, but the lubricants infused were expensive and toxic and also suffered from limited stability because of their migrating, evaporating, and leaking during use. Herein, to address this issue, we fabricated a durably fluorine-free slippery oil-repellent hydrogel coating using water as the lubricant. Due to its enhanced water-binding affinity, water could wet the hydrogel completely and form a hydrated-water layer on the surface. The hydrated water layer could act as a lubricant to repel foreign oils, which allowed the hydrogel to display slippery oil-repellency in air, exhibit superoleophobicity underwater, and resist oil fouling upon oil immersion.The hydrogel kept its oil-repellent properties after mechanical tests as well as thermal and freezing treatments,demonstrating its durability. Thanks to its moisture absorption, the water lubricant layer could self-regenerate upon the lubricated water layer depletion through exposure to a humid environment. Exploiting it is water-attracting and oil repellency, the hydrogel coating was demonstrated as a versatile platform for oil/water separation, polymer/water separation, drag-reduction, and antifogging.

Effect of Sequence Structure on Wetting Behaviors of Fluorinated Methacrylate Polymers Based on Perfluorohexylethyl Methacrylate and Stearyl Acrylate

Due to the non-crystalline properties of short chain perfluoroalkyl groups, using short chain perfluoroalkyl to stabilize low surface free energy polymers has been a challenging task. In this study, we prepare a series of random copolymers poly（perfluorohexylethyl methacrylate）-co-poly（stearyl acrylate） （P13FMA-co-PSA） and block copolymers poly（perfluorohexylethyl methacrylate）-b-poly（stearyl acrylate） （P13FMA-b-PSA）, and systematically investigate the effects of the sequence structure and the content of 13FMA of the fluorinated copolymers on surface free energy and surface reorganization. Static/dynamic contact angle goniometry and water/oil repellency analyses demonstrate that the random polymer P13FMA-co-PSA could not achieve low surface free energy and low surface reorganization at the same time. In contrast, for the block copolymer P13FMA-b-PSA, both low surface free energy and low surface reorganization are acquired simultaneously. The results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）, dynamic contact angle goniometry and differential scanning calorimetry （DSC） reveal the above-mentioned properties. The consecutive 13FMA segments improve the surface fluorine density, while the consecutive SA chains enhance the crystallinity of the SA segments, and further hinder the surface reorganization of the perfluoroalkyl groups. Therefore, P13FMA-b-PSA exhibits a higher utilization efficiency of fluorine atoms and a better structural stability than P13FMA-co-PSA.