Linker-free grafting of fluorinated polymeric cross-linked network bilayers for durable reduction of ice adhesion

Thin films of bilayer poly(divinyl benzene) p(DVB)/poly(perfluorodecylacrylate) (p-PFDA) are synthesized via iCVD on steel and silicon substrates. Nanomechanical measurements reveal that the elastic modulus and hardness of the films are enhanced through the bilayer structure and that the adhesion of...

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Main Authors: Sojoudi, Hossein, McKinley, Gareth H., Gleason, Karen K.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91559
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6127-1056
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8323-2779
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1365-9640
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Summary:Thin films of bilayer poly(divinyl benzene) p(DVB)/poly(perfluorodecylacrylate) (p-PFDA) are synthesized via iCVD on steel and silicon substrates. Nanomechanical measurements reveal that the elastic modulus and hardness of the films are enhanced through the bilayer structure and that the adhesion of the films to the substrate is improved via in situ grafting mechanism. The strength of ice adhesion to the treated surfaces is reduced more than six-fold when the substrates are coated with these bilayer polymer networks.