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Anisotropic Superhydrophobic Properties Replicated from Leek Leaves
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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Mirmohammadi, Seyed Mehran
Daghigh Shirazi, Hamidreza
Heikkilä, Miika
Franssila, Sami
Vapaavuori, Jaana
Jokinen, Ville
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Small, Volume 20, issue 46
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A bio-inspired approach to fabricate robust superhydrophobic (SHB) surfaces with anisotropic properties replicated from a leek leaf is presented. The polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replica surfaces exhibit anisotropic wetting, anti-icing, and light scattering properties due to microgrooves replicated from leek leaves. Superhydrophobicity is achieved by a novel modified candle soot (CS) coating that mimics leek's epicuticular wax. The resulting surfaces show a contact angle (CA) difference of ≈30° in the directions perpendicular and parallel to the grooves, which is similar to the anisotropic properties of the original leek leaf. The coated replica is durable, withstanding cyclic bending tests (up to 10 000 cycles) and mechanical sand abrasion (up to 60 g of sand). The coated replica shows low ice adhesion (10 kPa) after the first cycle; and then, increases to ≈70 kPa after ten icing–shearing cycles; while, anisotropy in ice adhesion becomes more evident with more cycles. In addition, the candle soot-coated positive replica (CS-coated PR) demonstrates a transmittance of ≈73% and a haze of ≈65% at the wavelength of 550 nm. The results show that the properties depend on the replicated surface features of the leek leaf, which means that the leek leaf appears to be a highly useful template for bioinspired surfaces.
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Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s). Small published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
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Mirmohammadi, S M, Daghigh Shirazi, H, Heikkilä, M, Franssila, S, Vapaavuori, J & Jokinen, V 2024, 'Anisotropic Superhydrophobic Properties Replicated from Leek Leaves', Small, vol. 20, no. 46, 2403863. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403863