Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surface from Fluorinated POSS Acrylate Copolymer via One-Step Breath Figure Method and Its Anti-Corrosion Property

Meng Liu; Xiaochen Zhang; Dong Wang; Jiaji Cheng; Xiujiang Pang; Wenjuan Qu; Chunxu Li; Shaoxiang Li

doi:10.3390/polym11121953

Facile Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surface from Fluorinated POSS Acrylate Copolymer via One-Step Breath Figure Method and Its Anti-Corrosion Property

Polymers (Basel). 2019 Nov 28;11(12):1953. doi: 10.3390/polym11121953.

Authors

Meng Liu^{1

2}, Xiaochen Zhang¹, Dong Wang^{1

2}, Jiaji Cheng¹, Xiujiang Pang³, Wenjuan Qu^{1

2}, Chunxu Li⁴, Shaoxiang Li^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Shandong Engineering Research Center for Marine Environment Corrosion and Safety Protection, College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
² Shandong Engineering Technology Research Center for Advanced Coating, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
³ State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China.
⁴ ASTUTE 2020 in Future Manufacturing Research Institute, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Wales SA18EN, UK.

Abstract

Novel fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) acrylic copolymers were synthesized by the radical solution polymerization. The superhydrophobic coating was prepared using a one-step breath figure method. Chemical constitution, morphology, hydrophobicity, and anticorrosion ability of as-prepared coatings were investigated by the corresponding equipment. The addition of proper fluorinated POSS can synchronously promote the formation of the micro-nano convex structure and the enrichment of fluorinated groups on the surface. Compared to commercial acrylic coating, the fluorinated POSS coating presented enhanced anticorrosion performance. The impedance was the highest and the corrosion current density was the lowest for superhydrophobic coating with 25 wt % fluorinated POSS.

Keywords: anticorrosion performance; chemical constitution; fluorinated POSS acrylic copolymers; hydrophobicity; morphology; one-step breath figure method; superhydrophobic coating.