Polytetrafluoroethylene thin film with polydopamine adhesive layer
AssigneeSurftec, LLC
InventorsSamuel George Beckford, Min Zou, Justin Kyle Carter
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Abstract
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of fabricating a low friction, wear resistant, polydopamine/polytetrafluoroethylene layered film. In one embodiment, the method comprises the deposition of a polydopamine film on a stainless steel substrate through an oxidative polymerization process, the deposition of a polytetrafluoroethylene nanoparticle film on top of the polydopamine film, and heat treating the layered film to remove moisture and fuse the particles together.
Claims20
A method for forming a durable and low friction coating on a substrate, comprising
- (a) placing the substrate in contact with a dopamine solution undergoing an oxidative polymerization reaction to form a polydopamine coating on the substrate surface;
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- (b) depositing a polytetrafluoroethylene dispersion on the formed polydopamine coating on the substrate to form a polytetrafluoroethylene coating thereon, thereby forming a stack structure having the polytetrafluoroethylene coating formed on the polydopamine coating that is, in turn, formed on the substrate.
A method for forming a durable and low friction thin film on a substrate, comprising
- (a) placing the substrate in contact with a dopamine solution undergoing an oxidative polymerization reaction to form a polydopamine coating on the substrate surface;
- (b) providing a polytetrafluoroethylene composite dispersion comprising polytetrafluoroethylene and graphene oxide;
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- (c) depositing the polytetrafluoroethylene and graphene oxide composite dispersion on the formed polydopamine coating on the substrate to form a polytetrafluoroethylene and graphene oxide composite coating thereon, thereby forming a stack structure having the polytetrafluoroethylene and graphene oxide composite coating formed on the polydopamine coating that is, in turn, formed on the substrate.
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