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Keywords: Solid lubricating polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) coating was designed to have a “double layer” texture after
Al2O3/Ni layered ceramics being sprayed on the untextured and textured surface of Al2O3/Ni layered ceramics. Surface texture of PTFE
Bonded PTFE coating coating with smaller diameter and higher density showed excellent superhydrophobicity. Laser caused de-
Double texture fluorinated and enhanced hardness of the PTFE coating. Meanwhile, Solid lubricants embedded in micro-dimples
Superhydrophobic and wear-resistant
of substrate surface act as “mechanical self-locking” roles, which increase the surface contact area and provided
a secondary lubricating effect, thus significantly increase the wear life of the coatings. Contact angle and wear
life of the optimized "double layer" texture PTFE coatings could reach 160° and 1.6 × 104 s, which are about 2.0
and 5.0 times higher comparing to untextured smooth PTFE coatings surface, respectively.
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Corresponding author. Tel: +86 9314968833; fax: +86 9314968019.
E-mail address: zhysh@licp.cas.cn (Y. Zhang).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2019.04.004
Received 31 January 2019; Received in revised form 25 March 2019; Accepted 1 April 2019
Available online 05 April 2019
0301-679X/ © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Fig. 1. Schematic of the preparation process of “double texture” coating on the surface of Al2O3/Ni laminated ceramics.
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2.3. Measurement of surface contact and sliding angles generated on the coating surface if the laser energy density is too high.
According to the high magnification photos in Fig. 2 (a'-c'), an obvious
Surface static contact angle and sliding angle were measured using heat affected zone with dense gas holes was observed on the texture
SA100 instrument (KRUSS Co., Germany). Testing drop volume was edges after laser irradiation. This can be attributed to the uneven
5 μL. Six points were randomly selected on each surface for measure- coating shrinkage caused by laser ablation. Based on the thermal dif-
ments. The average of these 6 measurements was reported as a final fusion length, material heat zone affected by the laser pulse can be
result. Spreading rate of water droplets on the coatings surface was also evaluated as L= kτp/(QC ) [25] (where k = 0.3 W/m⋅K is thermal
tested. Specifically, 5 μL of water was dropped on the coating, after conductivity, τp = 10 ns is the pulse width, Q = 2.1–2.3 kg/m3 is den-
which their contact angles ware measured dynamically until the water sity, and C = 0.96–1.05 J/Kg⋅K is specific heat). Calculated laser
droplets became completely spread. thermal diffusion length on the PTFE coating surface was ∼1.1–1.2 μm.
Thickness of PTFE coating and depths of micro-dimple “double tex-
2.4. Characterization of microstructure and composition of the coating tures” are shown in Fig. 3. It can be seen that the PTFE coating with a
surface thickness of about 30 μm (Fig. 3a). The substrate surface and coating
surface texture depth were ∼55 and 20 μm, respectively (see Fig. 3b).
Surface texture, microstructure and morphology were characterized Micro-dimples on the composite substrate surface were clear and uni-
using scanning electron microscope (SEM). The typical 3-D topo- form. Surface around the dimples remained smooth after polishing (see
graphical and 2-D surface roughness of the worn surfaces of both un- the top right corner of Fig. 3b).
textured and textured samples were determined using 3-D profilometer
(VHX-5000, Keyence). Double-shearing method was used to determine 3.2. Effect of surface texture on hydrophobicity of bonded PTFE coatings
interfacial bonding strength with a span length of 5 mm and a cross-
head rate of 0.05 mm/min. Double-shearing test was performed using 3.2.1. Effect of geometric parameters of texture on hydrophobicity of the
preparation method used for laminated materials with coatings
12 mm × 5 mm × 8 mm in dimensions. Interfacial bonding strength Fig. 4 illustrates how density and diameter of micro-dimples af-
was calculated using the formula τ = PMax/2S (PMax is the maximum fected water contact angle and sliding angles of PTFE coatings. Geo-
load in double shearing test, and S is the actual interfacial area) [24]. metric parameters of the texture significantly affected hydrophobicity
Peak positions of PTFE coatings before and after laser-treatment were of the PTFE coatings. Thus, texture can tune PTFE surface energy. As
obtained by XPS. Hardness changes in different areas of surface micro- the texture density increased, the contact angle of PTFE coating in-
dimples were measured using Nano Indenter II (MTS, USA) with creased, while the sliding angle decreased severely at micro-dimple
100 nm indentation depth. 2.5 Friction and wear properties of PTFE diameters equal to ∼50 μm. When the texture density approached 45%,
coatings. contact angle of the PTFE surface increased to 160°, and the sliding
Frictions tests were performed using bolt-disc contact and re- angle decreased to 4.9°. Comparing to untextured PTFE coatings, con-
ciprocating friction and wear tester (UMT-3, USA). The upper panel was tact and sliding angles of textured PTFE coatings were 2.0 times higher
a stainless-steel bolt (12Cr17Ni7, ϕ = 3 mm × 18 mm) with 200 HV and 3.5 times lower than those of untextured PTFE coatings, respec-
hardness and ∼0.02–0.05 μm surface roughness. The bottom panel was tively. Textured PTFE coatings exhibited excellent super-hydro-
sample of textured or untextured PTFE coating 25.0 × 25.0 × 3.5 mm phobicity. In addition, contact angle of the coating decreased sig-
in dimensions. Friction and wear properties were tested in deionized nificantly, and the sliding angle increased gradually as the micro-
water at 20 ± 2 °C and 18 ± 5% humidity. Test conditions were 50 N dimple diameters increased at micro-dimple density equal to 45%.
load, 5 Hz frequency and 4.95 mm reciprocating strokes. Thus, excessively large micro-dimple diameters did not improve PTFE
superhydrophobicity. According to optical photos of the contact angles,
3. Results and discussion static contact angle of PTFE coating before and after texturing was
different. The water droplets on the surface of untextured coating
3.1. Controllable fabrication of PTFE coating surface texture spread very obviously, while water droplets on the textured surface
maintained their round shapes.
Fig. 2 shows typical SEM images of three different textures on PTFE
coating surface. Textured patterns with controllable feature sizes, reg- 3.2.2. Effect of texture morphology on the coating hydrophobicity
ular morphologies and clear structures were obtained for PTFE coatings Fig. 5 illustrates effects of texture pattern (micro-dimples, micro-
by optimizing laser parameters. Generally, a heat affected zone is grooves, micro-squares and micro-meshes) on contact and sliding
Fig. 2. SEM images of PTFE coating with micro-dimples (a), micro-grooves (b) and micro-mesh (c) together with their corresponding high-magnification images (a′,
b′ and c′, respectively).
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Fig. 3. Thickness of the PTFE coating (a) and 3D profilometer results showing depth of the textures (b).
Fig. 4. Effects of micro-dimple (a) densities and (b) diameters on hydrophobicity of PTFE coatings.
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Fig. 6. Static contact angles of surfaces with different textures and micro-
structures.
Fig. 8. The SEM of wear track morphologies of PTFE coatings on different
surfaces of Samples A-D (a-d, respectively).
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Fig. 9. The typical images of worn surfaces of Samples (a: sample A, b: sample C, c: sample B, d: sample D, respectively) obtained from 3D topography and by 2D
profilometer.
Fig. 11. XPS spectra of original and laser treated PTFE coatings. Binding energies of (a) C1s, (b) F1s and O1s before (c) and (d) after laser treatment.
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