Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 745.

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Dynamic Wettability of Superhydrophilic TiO2 and TiO2 SiO2 Surfaces

FENG Wen Hui, GUAN Zi Sheng, JIANG Feng Zhi, ZHANG Jin Biao, SONG Yan Lin, JIANG Lei   

  1. Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
  • Received:2001-12-18 Online:2003-04-24 Published:2003-04-24

Abstract: The dynamic wetting of water spreading on TiO2 and TiO2 SiO2 films prepared by sol gel method and subsequently treated by air plasma and UV irradiation was investigated. Water completely spread on TiO2 surface within 3 s and its dynamic contact angles can be expressed by a power law θd= k(t+a)-n with the n value 0.98. Less than 50%(molar fraction) SiO2 addition can accelerate the dynamic water spreading rate on the TiO2 SiO2 films and the optimum molar fraction of SiO2 amount corresponding to as annealed, air plasma, and UV irradiation treatment process is 15%, 10% and 20%, respectively.

Key words: TiO2 film, SiO2, Dynamic wetting, Superhydrophilic surface

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