Qiu, Chuxiong;
Xiong, Wei;
Zhang, Helong;
Zhang, Rong;
Parkin, Ivan P;
Wang, Shengwu;
Li, Lee;
... Xie, Yi; + view all
(2024)
Superhydrophobicity transfer effect in superwetting coatings for strengthening anti-pollution flashover performance.
Progress in Organic Coatings
, 186
, Article 107955. 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2023.107955.
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Abstract
Superhydrophobic (SH) and superamphiphobic (SAP) coatings have been viewed as an alternative to conventional hydrophobic room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone rubber coatings in anti-pollution flashover application. However, being one of the most important properties in RTV-based anti-flashover materials and devices, the hydrophobicity transfer property was rarely documented for SH and SAP coatings, which restricts their practical applications in environments with heavy contamination. Herein, we propose for the first time a superhydrophobicity transfer effect in superwetting (SW) coatings (e.g., SAP and SH coatings) containing low-surface-energy molecules (e.g., polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)) as a migratory reagent. When the surface is stained by artificial simulated pollutants, PDMS molecules can migrate from the coating to the contamination layer, followed by a surface modification. Through this process, the surface wettability of the contaminant layer gradually evolves from superhydrophilicity to hydrophobicity, and finally to SH state. This evolution is investigated in relation to the amount and species of migratory reagents, migration time, pollution grade, and pollutant species. The superhydrophobicity transfer effect offers the coated glass insulators an outstanding anti-pollution flashover strength. This work can provide a novel and universal protocol to realize a superhydrophobicity transfer property in SW coatings, which may stimulate further investigation and applications in not only anti-pollution flashover but also other fields such as anti-fouling and anti-icing.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Superhydrophobicity transfer effect in superwetting coatings for strengthening anti-pollution flashover performance |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2023.107955 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2023.107955 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10178520 |
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