eprintid: 1474069 rev_number: 36 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/40/69 datestamp: 2016-01-21 17:59:42 lastmod: 2021-09-19 23:46:32 status_changed: 2016-01-22 14:58:49 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Chen, F creators_name: Song, J creators_name: Lu, Y creators_name: Huang, S creators_name: Liu, X creators_name: Sun, J creators_name: Carmalt, CJ creators_name: Parkin, IP creators_name: Xu, W title: Creating robust superamphiphobic coatings for both hard and soft materials ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: C06 divisions: F56 note: © Royal Society of Chemistry 2016 abstract: Most superhydrophobic surfaces lose their water-repellency when either contaminated by oily liquids or by being mechanically damaged. Superamphiphobic surfaces are ones that repel both oil and water. However, to date such surfaces are hampered by being mechanically weak. Robust superamphiphobic surfaces with highly water and oil repellent properties are desired for a wide range of environments. Reported herein is a superamphiphobic coatings fabricated by a facile deposition method and followed by a low surface energy materials modification. These coatings can be applied on both hard and soft materials to repel water, glycerol, peanut-oil droplets and some organic solvents. Falling sand abrasion, UV irradiation and aqueous media immersion were used to test the mechanical robustness and durability of the superamphiphobic coatings. A multi-cycle stretch/release test was developed to characterize the robustness of the self-cleaning soft materials. A coated rubber-bond retained both water and oil repellency even after 50 stretch/release cycles. These tests show that the superamphiphobic coatings have remarkable mechanical robustness and UV/aqueous media resistance and can be readily applied to a wide variety of materials to form self-cleaning surfaces that are extremely robust and durable even under intense strains. date: 2015-11-14 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ta05333a oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1086721 doi: 10.1039/c5ta05333a lyricists_name: Carmalt, Claire lyricists_name: Lu, Yao lyricists_name: Parkin, Ivan lyricists_id: CJCAR00 lyricists_id: LUBXX92 lyricists_id: IPPAR53 actors_name: Carmalt, Claire actors_id: CJCAR00 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Materials Chemistry A volume: 3 number: 42 pagerange: 20999-21008 issn: 2050-7488 citation: Chen, F; Song, J; Lu, Y; Huang, S; Liu, X; Sun, J; Carmalt, CJ; ... Xu, W; + view all <#> Chen, F; Song, J; Lu, Y; Huang, S; Liu, X; Sun, J; Carmalt, CJ; Parkin, IP; Xu, W; - view fewer <#> (2015) Creating robust superamphiphobic coatings for both hard and soft materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 3 (42) pp. 20999-21008. 10.1039/c5ta05333a <https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta05333a>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474069/1/Carmalt_Creating_robust_superamphiphobic.pdf