Superhydrophobic Lotus-leaf-like Surface Made from Reduced Graphene Oxide Through Soft-lithographic Duplication

Overview

Journal RSC Adv

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2022 May 2

PMID 35498279

Authors

Xiawei Yun

Zhiyuan Xiong

Yaning He

Xiaogong Wang

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

In this work, reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was used as a material to fabricate superhydrophobic lotus-leaf-like surfaces through soft-lithographic duplication. In the process, a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp was prepared by replica molding against the surfaces of fresh lotus leaves that functioned as masters. A dispersion of octadecylamine-modified reduced graphene oxide (ODA-RGO) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) was used as "ink". The lotus-leaf-like surfaces were fabricated by microcontact printing on the solid substrates. The results showed that due to the good processibility of the ODA-RGO dispersion, the printed layers display papillary micro/nano-structures with high fidelity to the surfaces of lotus leaves. The RGO-based lotus-leaf-like surfaces possess superhydrophobic characteristics with a water contact angle larger than 160° and the contact angle hysteresis less than 5°. Due to the excellent chemical stability of the RGO sheets, as-prepared surfaces show remarkable superhydrophobic stability. The lotus-leaf-like surfaces maintain the superhydrophobicity after heating treatment at 150 °C for 24 h or being exposed to corrosive solutions with different pH values for 12 h. The present findings prove that the RGO-based material is an ideal candidate for fabrication of environment-durable lotus-leaf-like surfaces, which can be expected to have applications in different areas.

Citing Articles

The Design and Analysis of the Fabrication of Micro- and Nanoscale Surface Structures and Their Performance Applications from a Bionic Perspective.

Zheng H, Liu J, Qiu Y Materials (Basel). 2024; 17(16).

PMID: 39203192 PMC: 11356519. DOI: 10.3390/ma17164014.

Investigation and Analysis of Wettability, Anisotropy, and Adhesion in Bionic Upper and Lower Surfaces Inspired by Indocalamus Leaves.

Wang B, Chen D, Yang X, Li M Molecules. 2024; 29(15).

PMID: 39124855 PMC: 11313824. DOI: 10.3390/molecules29153449.

Recent Advances in the Development of Biomimetic Materials.

Ciulla M, Massironi A, Sugni M, Ensign M, Marzorati S, Forouharshad M Gels. 2023; 9(10).

PMID: 37888406 PMC: 10606425. DOI: 10.3390/gels9100833.

Biology and nature: Bionic superhydrophobic surface and principle.

Ge-Zhang S, Cai T, Yang H, Ding Y, Song M Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022; 10:1033514.

PMID: 36324886 PMC: 9618887. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.1033514.

Developing an Effective and Durable Film for Marine Fouling Prevention from PDMS/SiO and PDMS/PU with SiO Composites.

Chungprempree J, Preechawong J, Nithitanakul M Polymers (Basel). 2022; 14(20).

PMID: 36297830 PMC: 9611852. DOI: 10.3390/polym14204252.

References

Novoselov K, Geim A, Morozov S, Jiang D, Zhang Y, Dubonos S . Electric field effect in atomically thin carbon films. Science. 2004; 306(5696):666-9. DOI: 10.1126/science.1102896. View

Li H, Lai Y, Huang J, Tang Y, Yang L, Chen Z . Multifunctional wettability patterns prepared by laser processing on superhydrophobic TiO nanostructured surfaces. J Mater Chem B. 2020; 3(3):342-347. DOI: 10.1039/c4tb01814a. View

Gou X, Guo Z . Superhydrophobic Plant Leaves: The Variation in Surface Morphologies and Wettability during the Vegetation Period. Langmuir. 2019; 35(4):1047-1053. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03996. View

Cheng C, Li D . Solvated graphenes: an emerging class of functional soft materials. Adv Mater. 2012; 25(1):13-30. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203567. View

Wang M, Raghunathan N, Ziaie B . A nonlithographic top-down electrochemical approach for creating hierarchical (micro-nano) superhydrophobic silicon surfaces. Langmuir. 2007; 23(5):2300-3. DOI: 10.1021/la063230l. View

Allen M, Tung V, Kaner R . Honeycomb carbon: a review of graphene. Chem Rev. 2009; 110(1):132-45. DOI: 10.1021/cr900070d. View

Kudin K, Ozbas B, Schniepp H, Prudhomme R, Aksay I, Car R . Raman spectra of graphite oxide and functionalized graphene sheets. Nano Lett. 2007; 8(1):36-41. DOI: 10.1021/nl071822y. View

Sun M, Luo C, Xu L, Ji H, Ouyang Q, Yu D . Artificial lotus leaf by nanocasting. Langmuir. 2005; 21(19):8978-81. DOI: 10.1021/la050316q. View

Avinash M, Verheggen E, Schmuck C, Govindaraju T . Self-cleaning functional molecular materials. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012; 51(41):10324-8. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201204608. View

10.

Prasai D, Tuberquia J, Harl R, Jennings G, Rogers B, Bolotin K . Graphene: corrosion-inhibiting coating. ACS Nano. 2012; 6(2):1102-8. DOI: 10.1021/nn203507y. View

11.

Yamamoto M, Nishikawa N, Mayama H, Nonomura Y, Yokojima S, Nakamura S . Theoretical Explanation of the Lotus Effect: Superhydrophobic Property Changes by Removal of Nanostructures from the Surface of a Lotus Leaf. Langmuir. 2015; 31(26):7355-63. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00670. View

12.

Xiong Z, Gu T, Wang X . Self-assembled multilayer films of sulfonated graphene and polystyrene-based diazonium salt as photo-cross-linkable supercapacitor electrodes. Langmuir. 2014; 30(2):522-32. DOI: 10.1021/la4037875. View

13.

Dreyer D, Park S, Bielawski C, Ruoff R . The chemistry of graphene oxide. Chem Soc Rev. 2009; 39(1):228-40. DOI: 10.1039/b917103g. View

14.

Qing Y, Long C, An K, Hu C, Liu C . Sandpaper as template for a robust superhydrophobic surface with self-cleaning and anti-snow/icing performances. J Colloid Interface Sci. 2019; 548:224-232. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.04.040. View

15.

Eda G, Chhowalla M . Chemically derived graphene oxide: towards large-area thin-film electronics and optoelectronics. Adv Mater. 2010; 22(22):2392-415. DOI: 10.1002/adma.200903689. View

16.

Stankovich S, Dikin D, Dommett G, Kohlhaas K, Zimney E, Stach E . Graphene-based composite materials. Nature. 2006; 442(7100):282-6. DOI: 10.1038/nature04969. View

17.

Yao X, Song Y, Jiang L . Applications of bio-inspired special wettable surfaces. Adv Mater. 2011; 23(6):719-34. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201002689. View

18.

Gates B, Xu Q, Stewart M, Ryan D, Willson C, Whitesides G . New approaches to nanofabrication: molding, printing, and other techniques. Chem Rev. 2005; 105(4):1171-96. DOI: 10.1021/cr030076o. View

19.

Wang H, Wang C, Liu S, Chen L, Yang S . Superhydrophobic and superoleophilic graphene aerogel for adsorption of oil pollutants from water. RSC Adv. 2022; 9(15):8569-8574. PMC: 9061852. DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00279k. View

20.

Dikin D, Stankovich S, Zimney E, Piner R, Dommett G, Evmenenko G . Preparation and characterization of graphene oxide paper. Nature. 2007; 448(7152):457-60. DOI: 10.1038/nature06016. View