Advanced Materials, Vol.27, No.13, 2231-2231, 2015
Superamphiphobic Polymeric Surfaces Sustaining Ultrahigh Impact Pressures of Aqueous High-and Low-Surface-Tension Mixtures, Tested with Laser-Induced Forward Transfer of Drops
Superamphiphobic, (quasi-)ordered plasma-textured surfaces, coated with a perfluorinated monolayer, exhibit extreme resistance against drop-pinning for both water-like and low-surface-tension mixtures (36 mN m(-1)). The highest values reported here are 36 atm for a water-like mixture, 5 times higher than previously reported in the literature, and 7 atm for a low-surface-tension mixture, the highest ever reported value for lotus-leaf-inspired surfaces.