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Hydrophobic Polydimethylsiloxane Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition: Application in Water Purification

화학적 증기 증착 방법을 통해 제조한 소수성 폴리디메틸실록산 박막: 수처리로의 응용

  • 한상욱 (성균관대학교 화학과) ;
  • 김광대 (신우산업 주식회사 중앙연구소) ;
  • 김주환 (신우산업 주식회사 중앙연구소) ;
  • 엄성현 (고등기술연구원 신소재공정센터 청정소재공정팀) ;
  • 김영독 (성균관대학교 화학과)
  • Received : 2016.12.28
  • Accepted : 2017.01.20
  • Published : 2017.02.10
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Abstract

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) can be deposited on various substrates using chemical vapor deposition process, which results in the formation of PDMS thin films with thickness below 5 nm. PDMS layers can be evenly deposited on surfaces of nanoparticles composed of various chemical compositions such as $SiO_2$, $TiO_2$, ZnO, C, Ni, and NiO, and the PDMS-coated surface becomes completely hydrophobic. These hydrophobic layers are highly resistant towards degradation under acidic and basic environments and UV-exposures. Nanoparticles coated with PDMS can be used in various environmental applications: hydrophobic silica nanoparticles can selectively interact with oil from oil/water mixture, suppressing fast diffusion of spill-oil on water and allowing more facile physical separation of spill-oil from the water. Upon heat-treatments of PDMS-coated $TiO_2$ under vacuum conditions, $TiO_2$ surface becomes completely hydrophilic, accompanying formation oxygen vacancies responsible for visible-light absorption. The post-annealed $PDMS-TiO_2$ shows enhanced photocatalytic activity with respect to the bare $TiO_2$ for decomposition of organic dyes in water under visible light illumination. We show that the simple PDMS-coating process presented here can be useful in a variety of field of environmental science and technology.

폴리디메틸실록산(PDMS)은 화학적 증기 증착 방법을 통해 다양한 물질에 5 nm 두께 이하의 박막 형태로 증착될 수 있다. $SiO_2$, $TiO_2$, ZnO, C, Ni 및 NiO와 같은 다양한 종류의 나노입자 표면에도 PDMS 박막은 증기 증착을 통해 고르게 형성될 수 있으며, PDMS가 증착된 표면은 완벽한 소수성을 갖게 된다. 이 소수성 박막은 안정성이 높아 산, 염기 및 자외선 노출 시에도 잘 분해되지 않으며, 또한 PDMS로 코팅된 나노입자는 다양한 환경 분야에 응용될 수 있다. PDMS 코팅된 소수성 $SiO_2$ 입자는 기름/물 혼합액에서 기름과 선택적으로 반응하고, 기름 유출 사고 시 유류 확산을 억제할 수 있으며, 유출된 기름을 물에서 물리적으로 쉽게 분리할 수 있게 해준다. PDMS 코팅된 $TiO_2$를 진공 상태에서 열처리 할 경우 $TiO_2$ 표면은 완전하게 친수성으로 개질되며, 이때 $TiO_2$가 가시광선을 흡수하여 반응할 수 있게 하는 산소 빈자리 또한 발생하게 된다. PDMS 코팅 후 열처리한 $TiO_2$는 아무 처리하지 않은 $TiO_2$에 비해 가시광 하에서 수중의 유기 염료를 분해하는데 더 뛰어난 광촉매 활성을 보인다. 우리는 해당 연구에서 제시하는 간단한 PDMS 박막 코팅 방법이 다양한 환경 과학 및 공학 분야에서 응용될 수 있음을 소개하고자 한다.

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