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Surface-modified wood based on silicone nanofilaments for improved liquid repellence
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Civil and Architectural Engineering, Building Materials. RISE Research Institutes of Sweden.
2020 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The increasing awareness of sustainability motivates the development of building materials from renewable resources. The requirements of wood-based products with improved durability, for example, an enhanced liquid repellence, is still a challenge. The aim of this thesis is to develop and study concepts to functionalize wood surfaces to obtain superhydrophobicity or superamphiphobicity, i.e. extreme liquid repellence of both water and oils.

Birch and acetylated birch veneer samples were surface-modified by hydrophobized silicone nanofilaments. Specifically, birch samples surface-modified by fluorinated silicone nanofilaments (F-SMB) showed superamphiphobicity, which repelled water, ethylene glycol and hexadecane with static contact angles greater than 150° and roll-off angles lower than 10°. Birch and acetylated birch samples surface-modified by non-fluorinated silicone nanofilaments (SMB and SMAB) showed superhydrophobicity with static contact angles greater than 160° towards water, even for samples prepared using the shortest silicone nanofilaments reaction time of 1 h.

In liquid uptake measurements submerging the F-SMB in water, ethylene glycol and hexadecane, a superamphiphobic plastron effect was observed which indicates that the wood surface was in Cassie-Baxter state. The plastron reduced the liquid uptake rate and extent depending on the interactions (diffusion and solubility) between the liquid and the silicone nanofilaments. The F-SMB showed good self-cleaning properties towards water and hexadecane.

In multicycle Wilhelmy plate measurements, the SMB showed a lower water uptake than that of the acetylated samples, while the SMAB showed the lowest water uptake, i.e. a pronounced increased water resistance, due to a combined effect of acetylation and surface modification.

In addition, the SMB exhibited more color change than the SMAB, which was caused by the release of hydrochloric acid during the surface modification process.

Abstract [sv]

Den ökande medvetenheten kring hållbarsamhällsutvecklingmotiverarutveckling avbyggmaterial från förnybara resurser. Kraven på träbaserade produkter med förbättrad beständighet, exempelvisennödvändig vätskeavvisandeförmåga, är fortfarande en utmaning.Syftet med dennaavhandling äratt utveckla och studera koncept för attfunktionalisera träytorför att uppnåsuperhydrofobicitet ochsuperamfifobicitet, dvs en extrem vätskerepellerande egenskap för både vatten och oljor.Björk-och acetyleradebjörkfanérproverytmodifierades med hydrofobiserad silikon-nanofilament. Specifikt visade björk ytmodifierademedfluorerade silikon-nanofilament (F-SMB) superamfifobicitet, som repelleradevatten, etylenglykol och hexadekan med kontaktvinklar större än 150° och avrullningsvinklar lägre än 10°. Björk-och acetyleradebjörkproverytmodifierademedicke-fluorerade silikon-nanofilament (SMB och SMAB) visade superhydrofobicitet med kontaktvinklar större än 160° förvatten, även förprover framställda medkortast reaktionstid på 1 timme.Vid vätskeupptagningsmätningargenom att sänka F-SMB i vatten, etylenglykol och hexadekanobserverades en plastroneffekt som indikerade att träytan var i Cassie-Baxter-tillstånd. Plastronen minskade F-SMB vätskeupptagningshastighet och -nivåberoende på växelverkan(diffusion och löslighet) mellan vätskan och silikon-nanofilament. F-SMB uppvisadegoda självrengörande egenskaper förvatten och hexadekan.Vidmulticykel Wilhelmy-mätningarvisade SMB ett lägre vattenupptag än det acetylerade träet, medan SMAB visade denlägsta vattenupptagningen,det vill säga en mycketmärkbar ökad vattenavvisning, tack vareav en kombinerad effekt av acetylering och ytmodifiering. Dessutom uppvisade SMB en störrefärgförändring än SMAB, orsakad av frisättningen av saltsyra under ytmodifieringsprocessen.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2020. , p. 45
Series
TRITA-ABE-DLT ; 2038
Keywords [en]
Wood, acetylated wood, surface modification, superamphiphobicity, superhydrophobicity, plastron, silicone nanofilaments, multicycle Wilhelmy plate method.
Keywords [sv]
Trä, acetylerat trä, ytmodifiering, superamfifobicitet, superhydrofob, plastron, silikon-nanofilament, multicykel Wilhelmy-metod
National Category
Civil Engineering
Research subject
Civil and Architectural Engineering, Building Materials
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-285601ISBN: 978-91-7873-692-8 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-285601DiVA, id: diva2:1499276
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2020-12-09, Via Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/67335068857, Du som saknar dator/datorvana kan kontakta Tom Thöyrä thoyra@kth.se / Use the e-mail address if you need technical assistance, Stockholm (English), 10:00 (English)
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QC 20201113

Available from: 2020-11-13 Created: 2020-11-08 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved
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1. Superamphiphobic plastrons on wood and their effects on liquid repellence
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2020 (English)In: Materials & design, ISSN 0264-1275, E-ISSN 1873-4197, Vol. 195, article id 108974Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The increasing utilization of wood-based products raises new demands for improved durability, for example an enhanced liquid repellence. Superhydrophobic or superamphiphobic surfaces have been widely fabricated. Less attention has been paid to such modifications on wood and the changes of its hygroscopic or solvoscopic properties. In this work, wood veneers were surface modified by hydrophobized silicone nanofilaments. Results revealed that the surface-modified wood showed a superamphiphobic behavior, i.e. it repelled water, ethylene glycol and hexadecane with contact angles greater than 150 degrees and roll-off angles of less than 10 degrees. Most importantly, a plastron effect was observed when the surface-modified wood was submerged in water, ethylene glycol or hexadecane, which reduced the liquid sorption rate and extent to various degrees. By comparing the measured permeabilities and the estimated diffusive mass flux and supported by Hansen solubility parameters and the degrees of swelling, it is concluded that diffusion is the major cause for the liquid uptake in the surface-modified wood. Moreover, the interaction between the liquid and the modified layer (the solubility of the liquid in the modified layer) also needs to be considered, especially in hexadecane.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2020
Keywords
Surface modification, Superamphiphobicity, Plastron, Silicone nanofilaments, Wood, Diffusion
National Category
Physical Chemistry
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-284391 (URN)10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108974 (DOI)000576526700001 ()2-s2.0-85088095378 (Scopus ID)
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QC 20201102

Available from: 2020-11-02 Created: 2020-11-02 Last updated: 2024-03-15Bibliographically approved
2. Non-fluorine surface modification of acetylated birch for improved water repellence
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(English)Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In this work, a non-fluorinatedsurface treatment, i.e.,hydrophobized silicone nanofilaments,wasapplied onboth birchandacetylatedbirchwoodsamplesviaa gas-phase based reaction.A superhydrophobic behavior was observedon both the surface-modified samplesas revealed by thestatic water contact angles greater than 160°, also valid for samples prepared withthe shortestreaction timeof 1 h. The dynamic wettability behavior of the samples was studied by a multicycle Wilhelmy plate method.The surface-modified acetylatedbirchexhibited a pronounced enhancedwater resistance,resultingin very low water uptake of 3 ±1 wt% after 100 cycles,which was about 29, 5 and 3 times lower than that of the birch, acetylated birch and surface-modified birch, respectively.Moreover,the aesthetic appearance of the acetylated wood was maintained asthe surfacemodification only resulted in a small color change.This work shows the potential of preparing superwater-repellent wood by non-fluorinated surface modification

National Category
Civil Engineering
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urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-285600 (URN)
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QC 20201109

Available from: 2020-11-08 Created: 2020-11-08 Last updated: 2022-10-28Bibliographically approved

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