Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.644, 261-266, 2016
A facile method to fabricate superamphiphobic polytetrafluoroethylene surface by femtosecond laser pulses
We report a simple method to fabricate superamphiphobic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) surfaces by femtosecond laser direct irradiation. After femtosecond laser direct writing, a dual-scale composite structure combined a groove-like microstructure with a lamellar submicron structure forms on the PTFE surface, enhancing its hydrophobic properties with a contact angle increasing from 109 degrees to 156.88 degrees, as well as exhibiting transition from intrinsic oleophilicity to superoleophobicity. Meanwhile, the wett-ability of the surface can be tuned by changing the roughness and the interval between two adjacent micro-grooves. Furthermore, we also explain the relationship between the interval width and the contact angle using the Cassie-Baxter model. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.