Robust antifogging coatings with ultra-fast self-healing performancesthrough host-guest strategy. Che. Eng. J. 2023, 465, 142868. （一作，中科院一區(qū)，IF=15.1）
作者：Lu, P.; Xu, J.; Tian, W.; Zhang, C.; Niu, S.; Zhao, J.; Ming, W.; Ren,L.
關(guān)鍵字：Antifogging, self-healing
論文來源：期刊
發(fā)表時間：2023年
Given the vulnerability of conventional antifogging coatings to mechanical damage, self-healing capability can significantly restore their functionality, but are difficult to materialize quickly and effectively. Herein, we report a facile UV-curable antifogging coating, based on host–guest interaction to obtain both ultra-fast self-healing performance and robust mechanical properties. Initially, a pair of host–guest supermolecules (HGSM) consisting of acrylic β-cyclodextrin (Aβ-CD) and acrylic adamantane (AAM) are synthesized and utilized as cross-linkers. Together with hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties, 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS) and methyl methacrylate (MMA), a robust antifogging coating with ultra-fast self-healing ability is developed via a facile UV curing process. Benefitting from the delicate balance of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic constituents, the resultant coatings display excellent antifogging performance with ~90 % of light transmission, ranging from - 20 ?C to 85 ?C. The unique non-covalent host–guest structure was covalently integrated into a cross-linked network, as-prepared coating and bulk gel exhibited ultra-fast self-healing capability, needing only ~15 s to completely heal the cracks under the hot-steam environment (85 ?C). And the bulk gels with host–guest recognition can significantly improve its self-healing efficiency to ~88.3 %, significantly greater than its Hbonding counterpart (43.5 %). Notably, the prepared coating with strong adhesion properties (~431 KPa) is robust enough to withstand 1,000 cycles of abrasion and 2 h of water immersion to maintain excellent antifogging performance. This strategy might open new avenues for accelerating the use of host–guest assembly to rapidly build effective antifogging/self-healing coatings and promote their applications in more harsh fogging conditions.