Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (10): 3195.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20210404

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Low-temperature Impact Behavior of Droplet on Injection-compression Molded Nanostructured PP/POE Blend Surfaces

HUANG Huilong, HUANG Hanxiong()   

  1. Lab for Micro/Nano Molding & Polymer Rheology,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Technique and Equipment for Macromolecular Advanced Manufacturing,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510640,China
  • Received:2021-06-15 Online:2021-10-10 Published:2021-10-10
  • Contact: HUANG Hanxiong E-mail:mmhuang@scut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province, China(2017B090911009);the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China(2016A030308018);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51533003)

Abstract:

An anodic stainless steel template was prepared by two-step anodic oxidation. Using injection- compression molding with the template, replicas with the nanopillars on their surfaces were molded for flexible polypropylene/poly(ethylene-co-octene)(PP/POE) blend with a mass ratio of 3∶1 and quasi-rigid PP. The dynamic behavior of the droplets impacting the replicas with ?10 ℃ was investigated. It was demonstrated that the dense nanopillars endowed the replica surfaces with superhydrophobicity and extremely low adhesion. In a lower impact velocity range, the contact times of the droplets impacting on the blend replica surface were shorter than those on the PP replicas. This is attributed to the conversion of the elastic potential energy within the flexible nanopillars stored in the spreading stage to the kinetic energy of the droplets in the retraction stage. In a higher impact velocity range, the contact time of the droplets on the blend replica surface was further shortened when the elastic potential energy stored within both replica substrate and nanopillars was converted into the kinetic energy of the droplets. The results suggest that the flexibility and surface superhydrophobicity of the PP/POE replica endow it with excellent anti-freezing adhesive properties. Compared with the PP counterpart surface, the freezing time of the droplet(50 μL) was extended by 2.71 times and the ice adhesion strength was reduced by 58% on the PP/POE blend replica surface. The results demonstrate that it is feasible to rapidly and massively mold flexible superhydrophobic polymer surfaces with anti-freezing adhesive/anti-icing function.

Key words: Droplet impact, Contact time, Flexibility, Anti-freezing adhesive/anti-icing, Polypropylene/poly(ethylene-co-octene) blend, Injection-compression molding

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