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Development of "Liquid-like" Copolymer Nanocoatings for Reactive Oil-Repellent Surface.

Peng LiuHengdi ZhangWenqing HeHualin LiJieke JiangMeijin LiuHongyan SunMingliang HeJiaxi CuiLei JiangXi Yao
Published in: ACS nano (2017)
Here, we describe a simple method to prepare oil-repellent surfaces with inherent reactivity. Liquid-like copolymers with pendant reactive groups are covalently immobilized onto substrates via a sequential layer-by-layer method. The stable and transparent nanocoatings showed oil repellency to a broad range of organic liquids even in the presence of reactive sites. Functional molecules could be covalently immobilized onto the oil-repellent surfaces. Moreover, the liquid repellency can be maintained or finely tailored after post-chemical modification via synergically tailoring the film thickness, selection of capping molecules, and labeling degree of the capping molecules. Oil-repellent surfaces that are capable of post-functionalization would have technical implications in surface coatings, membrane separation, and biomedical and analytical technologies.
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