Whether and When Superhydrophobic/Superoleophobic Surfaces Are Fingerprint Repellent
Open Access
- 23 September 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Research
- Vol. 2022, 9850316
- https://doi.org/10.34133/2022/9850316
Abstract
Driven by the ever-increasing demand for fingerprint-resistant techniques in modern society, numerous researches have proposed to develop innovative antifingerprint coatings based on superhydrophobic/superoleophobic surface design. However, whether superhydrophobic/superoleophobic surfaces have favorable repellency to the microscopic fingerprint is in fact an open question. Here, we establish a reliable method that enables evaluating the antifingerprint capability of various surfaces in a quantitative way. We show that superhydrophobicity is irrelevant with fingerprint repellency. Regarding superoleophobic surfaces, two distinct wetting states of microscopic fingerprint residues, i.e., the repellent and the collapsed states, are revealed. Only in the repellent state, in which the fingerprint residues remain atop surface textures upon being pressed, superoleophobic surfaces can bring about favorable antifingerprint repellency, which correlates positively with their receding contact angles. A finger-deformation-dependent intrusion mechanism is proposed to account for the formation of different fingerprint wetting states. Our findings offer important insights into the mechanism of fingerprint repellency and will help the design of high-performance antifingerprint surfaces for diverse applications.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2019A1515012030)
- Guangdong Provincial Pearl River Talents Program (2017GC010671)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (12072381, 22072185, 21872176)
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