Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research

Title

Superhydrophobic Coating of Elastomer on Different Substrates Using a Liquid Template to Construct a Biocompatible and Antibacterial Surface

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 8-27-2014

Abstract

The construction of biocompatible and antibacterial surfaces is becoming increasingly important. However, most of the existing techniques require multi-step procedures, stringent conditions and specific substrates. We present here a facile method to create a biocompatible and antibacterial surface on virtually any substrate under ambient conditions. The strategy is based on casting a highly adherent elastomer, styrene-b-(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-styrene, from a solvent mixture of xylene and decanol, in which decanol acts as both a polymer precipitator to induce phase separation and a liquid template to stabilize the superhydrophobic structure. The stable and durable superhydrophobic surface shows good biocompatibility and antibacterial properties.

Publication Title

Journal of materials Chemistry B

Volume

2

Issue

41

First Page

7186

Last Page

7191

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