Development of superhydrophobic and low water sliding angle PP

Petition / Problem

The customer wants to increase the hydrophobicity and decrease the sliding angle of PP samples, which is only activated with plasma.

Objective

Develop a modification in PP samples to achieve a superhydrophobic surface with a low sliding angle.

ATRIA solution

A modified PP was developed where sample pretreatment, surface activation, solvent type, PP and coating composition, incubation time, molecule type and concentration were optimized.