A biomimetic spherical cactus superhydrophobic coating with durable and multiple anti-corrosion effects

Yanji Zhu, Fenglong Sun, Huijuan Qian, Huaiyuan Wang, Liwen Mu, Jiahua Zhu

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Abstract

Superhydrophobic polysulfone (PSU)/carbon nanotubes (CNTs) nanocomposite coating with biomimetic golden spherical cactus surface structure (with micro-sphere and nano-thorns) was fabricated by electrostatic powder-spraying method. The superhydrophobic PSU-CNTs-FEP nanocomposite (PCFn) coating can be applied to different substrates such as aluminum plate, steel plate, glass plate, and steel pipe, which exhibited a maximum water contact angle all beyond 164 ± 1.5° and low slide angle of less than 5 ± 0.5°. The morphology, chemical composition and spherical cactus structure formation of the coatings were investigated. The electrostatic spraying and micro-phase separation promise a synergistic effect on promoting the superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning and high durability of PCFn coating. Moreover, the PCFn coating demonstrated unique multiple anti-corrosion effects, providing with air bubble corrosion protection, physical shielding and decreasing interfacial electronic agglomeration effect, which promises the wide applicability of the PCFn coatings in different engineering processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)670-679
Number of pages10
JournalChemical Engineering Journal
Volume338
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Apr 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biomimetic structure
  • Carbon nanotube
  • Durability
  • Multiple corrosion resistance
  • Polysulfone nanocomposite coating
  • Superhydrophobic

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