Tuning omniphobicity via morphological control of metal-organic framework functionalized surfaces
- Author(s)
- Tristan T.Y. Tan, Michael R. Reithofer, Eric Y. Chen, Ajay G. Menon, T. S.Andy Hor, Jianwei Xu, Jia Min Chin
- Abstract
Fabrication of microstructures for imparting omniphobicity to a surface generally requires the use of lithographic techniques and specialized equipment. We report instead a simple strategy for the synthesis of microstructured surfaces via metal-organic framework (MOF) self-assembly. Our method allows us to localize epitaxial growth of MOF at the tips of needle crystals to create mushroom-shaped structures, thus conferring re-entrant textures to the MOF-functionalized surfaces. These structures synthesized via wet chemistry were found to have omniphobic properties due to the resulting re-entrant texture.
- Organisation(s)
- External organisation(s)
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research A*STAR
- Journal
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Volume
- 135
- Pages
- 16272-16275
- No. of pages
- 4
- ISSN
- 0002-7863
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja407896m
- Publication date
- 11-2013
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 104017 Physical chemistry, 104003 Inorganic chemistry, 104015 Organic chemistry
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis, General Chemistry, Biochemistry, Colloid and Surface Chemistry
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/be6cb9df-f638-4fb3-a392-947d2e204e90