A general, rapid and solvent-free approach to fabricating nanostructured polymer surfaces

Wei Tian; Long Biao Huang; Da Wei Wang; V. A.L. Roy

doi:10.1007/s11431-014-5647-5

A general, rapid and solvent-free approach to fabricating nanostructured polymer surfaces

Wei Tian, Long Biao Huang, Da Wei Wang, V. A.L. Roy

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Abstract

A general, rapid and solvent-free approach is proposed to fabricate nanostructured polymer surfaces by coupling ultrasonic vibration and anodized aluminum oxide templating. With our approach, hollow nanorods or nanofibers with controlled diameter and length are prepared on polymer surfaces. The whole fabrication process is completed in ∼30 s and equally applicable to polymers of different crystalline structures. The wettability of the as-fabricated polymer surfaces (being hydrophilic, hydrophobic, highly hydrophobic or even superhydrophobic) is readily regulated by adjusting the welding time from 0 s to a maximum of 10 s. Our approach can be a promising industrial basis for manufacturing functional nanomaterials in the fields of electronics, optics, sensors, biology, medicine, coating, or fluidic technologies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2328-2333
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science China Technological Sciences
Volume	57
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-014-5647-5
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

anodized aluminum oxide template
nanomaterials
nanostructured polymer surfaces
ultrasonic vibration
wettability

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