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Polyethylene ultrahydrophobic surface: synthesis and original properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2004

J. Fresnais
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Polymères, Colloïdes et Interfaces, UMR 6120, Université du Maine, avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
L. Benyahia
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Polymères, Colloïdes et Interfaces, UMR 6120, Université du Maine, avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
J. P. Chapel
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Matériaux Polymères et des Biomatériaux, UMR CNRS 5627, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères, Université Claude Bernard – Lyon, ISTIL, 43 Bd. du 11 Nov. 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
F. Poncin-Epaillard*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Polymères, Colloïdes et Interfaces, UMR 6120, Université du Maine, avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 Le Mans, France
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Abstract

The synthesis of low density polyethylene (LDPE) ultrahydrophobic surfaces with controlled roughness and transparency was described in a two steps O2 and CF4 plasmas treatment. Water contact angle as high as 171°, contact angle hysteresis less than 4°, and sliding angle as 4° were obtained on those surfaces. The surfaces with small roughness reached 85% of transparency between 400 nm and 800 nm of wavelength. Besides the dynamic dewetting experiments showed a particular behavior. While they were wet with water, the surfaces loosed their ultrahydrophobic properties. An explanation of this behavior was given according to both Wenzel and Cassie Baxter wetting states.

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© EDP Sciences, 2004

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