Superhydrophobic coating, method for preparing same and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12448524-B2
Application number	US-202217843850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2022
Priority date	Dec 20, 2019
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

A superhydrophobic coating having a three-dimensional porous nanocomposite structure, includes: a constructing unit and a bonding unit; the constructing unit comprises inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles, the bonding unit comprises hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres, and the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles and the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres are interconnected to form uniform pores. A method for preparation of the superhydrophobic coating includes: mixing the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles with the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres in a dispersant to form a coating solution; and coating the coating solution on the surface of a substrate using a dip coating, roll coating or spray coating process, and drying to form the superhydrophobic coating of a three-dimensional porous nanocomposite structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A superhydrophobic coating comprising:
a three-dimensional porous nanocomposite structure, wherein the three-dimensional porous nanocomposite structure comprises a constructing unit and a bonding unit;
wherein the constructing unit comprises inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles;
the bonding unit comprises hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres; and
the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles and the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres are interconnected to form uniform pores, wherein a surface of each of the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres is wrapped by a plurality of the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles, wherein the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres comprise an element selected from a group consisting of: polystyrene microspheres, organosilicon microspheres and polymethyl methacrylate microspheres, and wherein a ratio of a particle size of the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles to a particle size of the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres is between 1:1 and 1:2.

2. The superhydrophobic coating according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles comprise an element selected from a group consisting of: fluorine-modified nano-silica, methyl-modified nano-silica, organosilicon-modified nano-silica, fluorine-modified nano-aluminium oxide, methyl-modified nano-aluminium oxide, organosilicon-modified nano-aluminium oxide and methyl-modified nano-ferroferric oxide.

3. The superhydrophobic coating according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles have a particle size of 200 to 600 nm; and/or
the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres have a particle size of 200 to 800 nm.

4. The superhydrophobic coating according to claim 1 , wherein when the constructing unit comprises heptadecafluorodecyltrimethoxysilane-modified nano-silica having an average particle size of 200 nm, the bonding unit comprises polystyrene microspheres having an average particle size of 200 nm; and/or,
when the constructing unit comprises 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate-modified nano-silica with an average particle size of 200 nm, the bonding unit comprises organosilicon microspheres with an average particle size of 400 nm; and/or
when the constructing unit comprises heptadecafluorodecyltrimethoxysilane-modified nano-aluminium oxide with an average particle size of 400 nm, the bonding unit comprises polymethyl methacrylate microspheres with an average particle size of 800 nm; and/or,
when the constructing unit comprises trimethoxyoctadecylsilane-modified nano-ferroferric oxide with an average particle size of 600 nm, the bonding unit comprises polystyrene microspheres with an average particle size of 600 nm.

5. The superhydrophobic coating according to claim 1 , wherein when the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles comprises methyl-modified nano-ferroferric oxide with an average particle size of 550 to 600 nm, the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres comprises polystyrene microspheres with an average particle size of 550 to 600 nm, and a mass ratio of the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles to the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres is (9 to 10):1.

6. A preparation method of a superhydrophobic coating comprising:
adding inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles and hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres into a dispersant and mixing to form a coating solution, wherein the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres have a particle size of 200 to 800 nm;
coating the coating solution on a surface of a substrate using a dip coating, roll coating or spray coating process, and
drying to form the superhydrophobic coating of a three-dimensional porous nanocomposite structure.

7. The preparation method according to claim 6 , wherein a mass ratio of the inorganic hydrophobic nanoparticles, the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres and the dispersant is (1 to 10):(1 to 10):(80 to 98).

8. The preparation method according to claim 6 , wherein the dispersant comprises at least one of water, ethanol, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, propylene glycol methyl ether and ethylene glycol butyl ether.

9. A method of using the superhydrophobic coating according to claim 1 in marine anticorrosion, crude oil transportation, self-cleaning of high-rise glass, waterproofing of electronic instrument, waterproofing and antifouling of fabric, anti-icing of aircraft or oil-water separation.

10. The superhydrophobic coating according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres are used as a binder instead of a polymer resin.

11. The superhydrophobic coating according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrophobic polymer nanomicrospheres have a particle size of 200 to 800 nm.

12. The preparation method according to claim 6 , further comprising forgoing using a polymer resin as a binder.

Assignees

• Guangdong Midea White Home Appliance Tech Innovation Center Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd
• Univ Donghua

Inventors

• Wang Liying
• Yao Junhong
• Yan Zhuohua
• Chen Long
• Ge Dengteng
• Zhao Yiping
• Yu Ting

Classifications

• C09D133/12

  Homopolymers or copolymers of methyl methacrylate · CPC title

• C09D125/06 Primary

  Polystyrene · CPC title

• C08K2201/011

  Nanostructured additives · CPC title

• C08K2201/005

  Additives being defined by their particle size in general · CPC title

• C08K9/06

  with silicon-containing compounds · CPC title