Facile Approach to Develop Anti-Corrosive Superhydrophobic Aluminium with High Mechanical, Chemical and Thermal Durability
Abstract
Durable, superhydrophobic and self-cleaning aluminium surfaces with high corrosion resistance are desirable in many industrial applications. In this study, a facile approach is used to produce aluminium surfaces with superhydrophobicity with a low tilt angle by creating desired roughness structure by immersing in NaOH solution followed by lowering the surface energy by immersing in hexadecyltrimethoxysilane solution. The coated samples show water contact angle of 164 ± 7° and tilt angle of 5 ± 1°. Droplet dynamics of the coated surfaces was investigated. Surfaces exhibited self-cleaning properties. In addition, mechanical, chemical and thermal stability tests were performed. Electrochemical tests of coated surfaces demonstrated anti-corrosion properties with low corrosion current density and high corrosion potential.
Recommended Citation
B. K. Tudu et al., "Facile Approach to Develop Anti-Corrosive Superhydrophobic Aluminium with High Mechanical, Chemical and Thermal Durability," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 377, no. 2138, Royal Society Publishing, Dec 2018.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0272
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Anti-corrosion; Anti-wetting; Chemically stable; Mechanically durable; Self-cleaning; Superhydrophobic
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1364-503X; 1471-2962
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 The Author(s), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Dec 2018
Comments
This article is part of the theme issue "Bioinspired materials and surfaces for green science and technology"