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Superhydrophobic wood grafted by poly(2-(perfluorooctyl)ethyl methacrylate) via ATRP with self-cleaning, abrasion resistance and anti-mold properties

  • Yu Wang , Zuwu Tang , Shengchang Lu , Min Zhang , Kai Liu , He Xiao EMAIL logo , Liulian Huang , Lihui Chen , Hui Wu ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Yonghao Ni
Published/Copyright: January 9, 2020
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Holzforschung
From the journal Holzforschung Volume 74 Issue 8

Abstract

Wood is a natural, abundant, renewable resource, which is easily processed, has beautiful texture and good mechanical strength, and is widely used for furniture, flooring, decor and building construction. However, wood is vulnerable to moisture and microorganisms, resulting in deformation, cracks, mold and degradation, which causes aesthetic problems and/or shortens the service life of wood products. In this paper, superhydrophobic wood (wood-F) was fabricated by grafting poly(2-(perfluorooctyl)ethyl methacrylate) (PFOEMA) onto wood by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) showed that PFOEMA was successfully grafted onto wood. The resultant wood-F exhibited excellent water resistance with a contact angle (CA) of 156° and hysteresis of 4°. The modified wood also showed abrasion resistance, self-cleaning ability and anti-mold properties, all of which are desirable for various wood products.

Keywords: anti-mold; ATRP; self-cleaning; superhydrophobic; wood

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: 21774021

Award Identifier / Grant number: 31470598

Funding statement: This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFD06003023), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21774021, 31470598), the Award Program for Minjiang Scholar Professorship (KXNAD002A), Fujian Provincial Department of Education (FBJG20180196), the International Science and Technology Cooperation and Exchange Project (KXB16002A), and the Scientific and Technological Innovation Funding (CXZX2017040, CXZX2018007) of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  3. Honorarium: None declared.

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Supplementary Material

The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/hf-2019-0184).

Received: 2019-07-12
Accepted: 2019-11-19
Published Online: 2020-01-09
Published in Print: 2020-08-27

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https://doi.org/10.1515/hf-2019-0184
Keywords for this article
anti-mold; ATRP; self-cleaning; superhydrophobic; wood

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