A facile approach for TiO2-based superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic patterns by UV or solar irradiation without a photomask

Zhu Yanqing; Shi Jifu; Huang Qizhang; Wang Leilei; Xu Gang

doi:10.1039/c6cc09558e

A facile approach for TiO₂-based superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic patterns by UV or solar irradiation without a photomask

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Feb 16;53(15):2363-2366. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09558e.

Authors

Zhu Yanqing¹, Shi Jifu², Huang Qizhang¹, Wang Leilei², Xu Gang²

Affiliations

¹ Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Science, Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, China. shijf@ms.giec.ac.cn xugang@ms.giec.ac.cn and Institute University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China.
² Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Science, Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, China. shijf@ms.giec.ac.cn xugang@ms.giec.ac.cn.

PMID: 28164181
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09558e

Abstract

A novel and facile approach to produce TiO₂-based superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic patterns by UV or solar irradiation without a photomask is presented. The fabricated superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic patterns with excellent mechanical properties have long lifetimes in outdoor applications or other UV environments because of a self-supply of low surface tension material.