PMID- 23072291
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130326
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1520-5827 (Electronic)
IS  - 0743-7463 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 43
DP  - 2012 Oct 30
TI  - Wet self-cleaning of superhydrophobic microfiber adhesives formed from high 
      density polyethylene.
PG  - 15372-7
LID - 10.1021/la303017a [doi]
AB  - Biologically inspired adhesives developed for switchable and controllable 
      adhesion often require repetitive uses in general, dirty, environments. 
      Superhydrophobic microstructures on the lotus leaf lead to exceptional 
      self-cleaning of dirt particles on nonadhesive surfaces with water droplets. This 
      paper describes the self-cleaning properties of a hard-polymer-based adhesive 
      formed with high-aspect-ratio microfibers from high-density polyethylene (HDPE). 
      The microfiber adhesive shows almost complete wet self-cleaning of dirt particles 
      with water droplets, recovering 98% of the adhesion of the pristine microfiber 
      adhesives. The low contact angle hysteresis indicates that the surface of 
      microfiber adhesives is superhydrophobic. Theoretical and experimental studies 
      reveal a design parameter, length, which can control the adhesion without 
      affecting the superhydrophobicity. The results suggest some properties of 
      biologically inspired adhesives can be controlled independently by adjusting 
      design parameters.
FAU - Lee, Jongho
AU  - Lee J
AD  - Mechatronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 123 Cheomdan-gwagiro, 
      Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, S. Korea. jong@gist.ac.kr
FAU - Fearing, Ronald S
AU  - Fearing RS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20121016
PL  - United States
TA  - Langmuir
JT  - Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
JID - 9882736
RN  - 0 (Adhesives)
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adhesives/*chemistry
MH  - Animals
MH  - Biomimetics
MH  - *Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
MH  - Polyethylene/*chemistry
MH  - Water/*chemistry
EDAT- 2012/10/18 06:00
MHDA- 2013/03/27 06:00
CRDT- 2012/10/18 06:00
PHST- 2012/10/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/03/27 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/la303017a [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Langmuir. 2012 Oct 30;28(43):15372-7. doi: 10.1021/la303017a. Epub 2012 Oct 16.