Research Article

A Simple Way to Achieve Self-Cleaning Surfaces with Unique Antifouling Property

Table 3

Surface free energy and disperse and polar values before and after fluorination.

SamplesSurface free energy (mN/m)Disperse components (mN/m)Polar components (mN/m)

SS42.22 ± 1.9831.40 ± 0.2810.82 ± 1.70
FS17.47 ± 1.2913.85 ± 0.463.62 ± 0.84
S123.09 ± 0.4420.58 ± 0.362.51 ± 0.08
FS15.15 ± 0.095.00 ± 0.080.14 ± 0.01
S660.12 ± 0.1745.96 ± 0.1214.17 ± 0.05
FS62.37 ± 0.232.34 ± 0.210.03 ± 0.02

SS: untreated stainless steel, FS: fluorinated SS, FS1: fluorinated S1, and FS6: fluorinated S6.