TY - JOUR
T1 - Optically transparent superhydrophobic TEOS-derived silica films by surface silylation method
AU - Latthe, Sanjay S.
AU - Imai, Hiroaki
AU - Ganesan, V.
AU - Kappenstein, Charles
AU - Rao, A. Venkateswara
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments One of the authors Sanjay S. Latthe is grateful to University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, Government of India, for providing ‘‘UGC Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students’’. The authors are grateful to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Mumbai, Government of India, for the financial support for this work through a major research project on ‘‘Aerogels and coatings’’ (No. 2007/37/18/BRNS).
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Optically transparent silica films were prepared at room temperature (̃27°C) by keeping the molar ratio of TEOS:MeOH:H2O (0.001 M NH4F) constant at 1:19.29: 6.20, respectively. A surface chemical modification of the films was done with alkylchlorosilanes at different concentrations from 0 to 1 vol. % and aging times varied from half to 2 h. The DMCS and TMCS surface modified silica films showed the static water contact angle of 146° and 162°, respectively. When the DMCS and TMCS modified films were cured at temperatures higher than 240 and 275°C, respectively, the films became superhydrophilic. Further, the humidity study was carried out at a relative humidity of 90% at 30°C temperature over 60 days. We characterized the water repellent silica films by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, % of optical transmission, humidity tests and contact angle measurements.
AB - Optically transparent silica films were prepared at room temperature (̃27°C) by keeping the molar ratio of TEOS:MeOH:H2O (0.001 M NH4F) constant at 1:19.29: 6.20, respectively. A surface chemical modification of the films was done with alkylchlorosilanes at different concentrations from 0 to 1 vol. % and aging times varied from half to 2 h. The DMCS and TMCS surface modified silica films showed the static water contact angle of 146° and 162°, respectively. When the DMCS and TMCS modified films were cured at temperatures higher than 240 and 275°C, respectively, the films became superhydrophilic. Further, the humidity study was carried out at a relative humidity of 90% at 30°C temperature over 60 days. We characterized the water repellent silica films by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, % of optical transmission, humidity tests and contact angle measurements.
KW - Humidity
KW - Hydrophobicity
KW - Sliding angle
KW - Sol-gel process
KW - Wetting phenomena
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U2 - 10.1007/s10971-009-2079-y
DO - 10.1007/s10971-009-2079-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77951665723
VL - 53
SP - 208
EP - 215
JO - Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
SN - 0928-0707
IS - 2
ER -