• Hydrophilic/Oleophobic Layer-by-Layer Films of Fluorosurfactants, Polyelectrolytes, and SiO2 Nanoparticles
  • Choonghyun Sung

  • Department of Polymer Nano-Engineering, Dong-eui University, 176 Eomgwangro, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47340, Korea

  • 고분자전해질, 불소계면활성제, SiO2 입자를 이용한 친수/발유성 다층박막
  • 성충현

  • 동의대학교 고분자나노공학과

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Abstract

Recently, research on hydrophilc/oleophonic surfaces have been increasing. In particular, applications are expected in areas such as water/oil separation and oil-repellant anti-fogging coating. Here, we prepared layer-by-layer (LbL) films consisting of poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) and SiO2 nanoparticles. Subsequently, poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) was adsorbed onto the films, followed by final treatement with mixture of fluorosurfactant and SiO2 nanoparticles. The films treated with fluorosurfactant solution of 80% showed water contact angle (WCA) and oil contact angle (OCA) of 9° and 82°, respectively. When the film thickenss was increased, WCA increased to 35°, degrading hydrophilicity. However, when different films were coated first as underlayer and the thickness of upper PEI/SiO2 films was adjusted, hydrophilicity/oleophilicity were improved, with WCA of 15° and OCA of 86°.


최근, 친수/발유성 표면에 대한 연구가 증가하고 있다. 특히, 물/오일 분리, 방오특성을 가진 김서림 방지 코팅 등으로의 응용이 기대되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 poly(ethyleneimine)(PEI)과 SiO2 나노입자를 이용하여 다층박막을 먼저 제조하고, poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride)를 흡착시킨 후, 불소계면활성제와 SiO2 나노입자 혼합액으로 최종 처리하였다. 불소계면활성제 수용액의 혼합비율이 80%일 경우, 물접촉각(WCA) 9°, 오일접촉각(OCA) 82°로 친수/발유성이 가장 양호하였다. PEI/SiO2 다층박막의 두께가 증가한 경우, OCA는 큰 변화가 없으나WCA가 35°로 증가하여 친수성이 저하되었다. 그러나 아래층에 다른 다층박막을 먼저 코팅하고, PEI/SiO2 다층박막의 두께를 조절하는 경우, WCA=15°, OCA=86°로 친수/발유성을 개선할 수 있었다.


Keywords: layer-by-layer, polyelectrolyte, hydrophilic, oleophobic, wettability.

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  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2024 Impact Factor : 0.6
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2026; 50(1): 100-107

    Published online Jan 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.1.100
  • Received on Jul 11, 2025
  • Revised on Sep 13, 2025
  • Accepted on Sep 14, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Choonghyun Sung
  • Department of Polymer Nano-Engineering, Dong-eui University, 176 Eomgwangro, Busanjin-gu, Busan 47340, Korea

  • E-mail: chsung@deu.ac.kr
  • ORCID:
    0000-0001-5513-635X