Switchable and reversible water adhesion on superhydrophobic titanate nanostructures fabricated on soft substrates: photopatternable wettability and thermomodulatable adhesivity

Yasuaki Tokudome; Kenji Okada; Atsushi Nakahira; Masahide Takahashi

doi:10.1039/C3TA13536E

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Switchable and reversible water adhesion on superhydrophobic titanate nanostructures fabricated on soft substrates: photopatternable wettability and thermomodulatable adhesivity†

Yasuaki Tokudome,*^a Kenji Okada,^a Atsushi Nakahira^a and Masahide Takahashi*^a

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^a Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
E-mail: tokudome@photomater.com, masa@photomater.com
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Abstract

A titanate nanotube (TNT) film is demonstrated to provide a switchable and adhesive hydrophobic surface. The surface adhesivity is reversibly switched from adhesive to repellent by mild heating and spontaneous rehydration. A persistent superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic pattern can be fabricated on the TNT films coated on soft substrates.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3TA13536E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 04 Sep 2013
Accepted: 28 Oct 2013
First published: 29 Oct 2013

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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014,2, 58-61

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Switchable and reversible water adhesion on superhydrophobic titanate nanostructures fabricated on soft substrates: photopatternable wettability and thermomodulatable adhesivity

Y. Tokudome, K. Okada, A. Nakahira and M. Takahashi, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 58 DOI: 10.1039/C3TA13536E

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Switchable and reversible water adhesion on superhydrophobic titanate nanostructures fabricated on soft substrates: photopatternable wettability and thermomodulatable adhesivity†

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