Issue 1, 2019

Polysulfide microspheres with chemical modification for generation of interfaces with macroscopic colour variation and biomimetic superhydrophobicity

Abstract

Both superwettability and structural colours have attracted considerable attention in recent years. In addition, the combination of structural colours and superwettability could endow materials with broader application prospects. The combination provides a new strategy to design novel functional materials, and there are many studies pertaining to these materials that have been reported in recent years. Herein, a polysulfide (PSF) superhydrophobic coating was synthesized successfully. The PSF superhydrophobic coating possesses excellent superhydrophobicity, oleophobicity for diesel and macroscopic structural colour variation when wetted. The colour is changed when the coating is wetted and it returns to its original colour after drying. In addition, the surface presents better reusability and thermostability which satisfies various daily needs. The PSF superhydrophobic coating can be considered as an excellent candidate for designing wetting responsive materials, and it has enormous application potential in the fields of detection, sensing, anti-counterfeiting and security. For the first time, we present a novel and low-cost strategy to fabricate materials with both superhydrophobicity and structural colour, offering significant insights into the practical application of these functional materials.

Graphical abstract: Polysulfide microspheres with chemical modification for generation of interfaces with macroscopic colour variation and biomimetic superhydrophobicity

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Jun 2018
Accepted
23 Jul 2018
First published
28 Aug 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2019,1, 281-290

Polysulfide microspheres with chemical modification for generation of interfaces with macroscopic colour variation and biomimetic superhydrophobicity

Z. Wang, X. Gao, G. Wen, P. Tian, L. Zhong and Z. Guo, Nanoscale Adv., 2019, 1, 281 DOI: 10.1039/C8NA00011E

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