Study of Infrared Laser Parameters on Surface Morphology and Hydrophobic Properties

Xia Ye; Jiang Gu; Zhenmin Fan; Xiaohong Yang; Wei Xu

doi:10.3390/ma12233860

Study of Infrared Laser Parameters on Surface Morphology and Hydrophobic Properties

Materials (Basel). 2019 Nov 22;12(23):3860. doi: 10.3390/ma12233860.

Authors

Xia Ye¹, Jiang Gu¹, Zhenmin Fan¹, Xiaohong Yang², Wei Xu¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213016, China.
² Department of Materials Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213016, China.

Abstract

Many studies have shown that super hydrophobic surfaces have been applied to micro-nano structures and low surface energy materials. In the present study, infrared laser scanning and simple salinization modification were used to improve the hydrophobicity of a surface. When the scanning speed was 100 mm/s, the laser power was 30 W and the scanning interval was 200 μm, the apparent contact angle of surface was up to 157°. The assessment of surface characteristics revealed that decreasing scanning speed or increasing laser power were able to improve the hydrophobicity of the surface. After aging treatment, the superhydrophobic surface prepared by this method still had good durability.

Keywords: infrared laser; laser parameters; superhydrophobic; surface morphology.