Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating

Hydrophobic metallic coatings have attracted increasing interest in the recent years due to their excellent mechanical durability. But the wetting behavior and hydrophobic mechanism of metallic coatings are far from clear. In this work, Ni-Cu-P ternary coatings with hierarchical structure were prepa...

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Main Authors: Wang, Jie, Liu, Junpeng, Neate, Nigel C., Bai, Mingwen, Xu, Fang, Hussain, Tanvir, Scotchford, Colin, Hou, Xianghui
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author Wang, Jie
Liu, Junpeng
Neate, Nigel C.
Bai, Mingwen
Xu, Fang
Hussain, Tanvir
Scotchford, Colin
Hou, Xianghui
author_facet Wang, Jie
Liu, Junpeng
Neate, Nigel C.
Bai, Mingwen
Xu, Fang
Hussain, Tanvir
Scotchford, Colin
Hou, Xianghui
author_sort Wang, Jie
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description Hydrophobic metallic coatings have attracted increasing interest in the recent years due to their excellent mechanical durability. But the wetting behavior and hydrophobic mechanism of metallic coatings are far from clear. In this work, Ni-Cu-P ternary coatings with hierarchical structure were prepared on 304 stainless steel by electrodeposition method. The surface morphologies, phase compositions, and wetting behavior were studied systemically. Time-dependent wetting behaviour of Ni-Cu-P coatings had been clearly observed, and the surface of the as-deposited coatings changed from hydrophilic state to hydrophobic state after aging in ambient air. The related surface wetting mechanism was investigated with the assistance of plasma cleaning to study the possible surface adsorption contributing to the time-dependent wetting behavior. The variations of the surface species were analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), showing the composition change of both carbon and the oxygen. The atomic ratio of hydrocarbon on the Ni-Cu-P coating first increased from 78.7% to 86.5% when stored in ambient air and then decreased from 82.3% to 65.9% after the plasma cleaning treatment; while the variation of oxygen content was an opposite trend. The results indicated that the observed time-dependent wettability was a combined result of the adsorption of airborne hydrocarbon and the change of lattice oxygen on the coating surface.
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spelling nottingham-525802020-05-04T19:49:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52580/ Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating Wang, Jie Liu, Junpeng Neate, Nigel C. Bai, Mingwen Xu, Fang Hussain, Tanvir Scotchford, Colin Hou, Xianghui Hydrophobic metallic coatings have attracted increasing interest in the recent years due to their excellent mechanical durability. But the wetting behavior and hydrophobic mechanism of metallic coatings are far from clear. In this work, Ni-Cu-P ternary coatings with hierarchical structure were prepared on 304 stainless steel by electrodeposition method. The surface morphologies, phase compositions, and wetting behavior were studied systemically. Time-dependent wetting behaviour of Ni-Cu-P coatings had been clearly observed, and the surface of the as-deposited coatings changed from hydrophilic state to hydrophobic state after aging in ambient air. The related surface wetting mechanism was investigated with the assistance of plasma cleaning to study the possible surface adsorption contributing to the time-dependent wetting behavior. The variations of the surface species were analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), showing the composition change of both carbon and the oxygen. The atomic ratio of hydrocarbon on the Ni-Cu-P coating first increased from 78.7% to 86.5% when stored in ambient air and then decreased from 82.3% to 65.9% after the plasma cleaning treatment; while the variation of oxygen content was an opposite trend. The results indicated that the observed time-dependent wettability was a combined result of the adsorption of airborne hydrocarbon and the change of lattice oxygen on the coating surface. Elsevier 2018-10-15 Article PeerReviewed Wang, Jie, Liu, Junpeng, Neate, Nigel C., Bai, Mingwen, Xu, Fang, Hussain, Tanvir, Scotchford, Colin and Hou, Xianghui (2018) Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 765 . pp. 221-228. ISSN 1873-4669 Wettability; Airborne hydrocarbon; Hydrophobicity; Ni-Cu-P ternary alloy; Lattice oxygen; Electrodeposition http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.06.239 doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.06.239 doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.06.239
spellingShingle Wettability; Airborne hydrocarbon; Hydrophobicity; Ni-Cu-P ternary alloy; Lattice oxygen; Electrodeposition
Wang, Jie
Liu, Junpeng
Neate, Nigel C.
Bai, Mingwen
Xu, Fang
Hussain, Tanvir
Scotchford, Colin
Hou, Xianghui
Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating
title Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating
title_full Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating
title_fullStr Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating
title_full_unstemmed Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating
title_short Investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of Ni-Cu-P ternary coating
title_sort investigation on time-dependent wetting behavior of ni-cu-p ternary coating
topic Wettability; Airborne hydrocarbon; Hydrophobicity; Ni-Cu-P ternary alloy; Lattice oxygen; Electrodeposition
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