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A simple and economical route based on a K2CO3 mediated process was developed to synthesize three-dimensional (3D) flower-like Fe3O4 micro/nanoflakes on the surface of iron plates by a direct in-situ hydrothermal synthesis method. The prepared micro/nanoflakes were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. It was found that the width of the nanoflakes ranges from 50 to 100 nm, and the length of the flakes is about 3 μm. The morphology of Fe3O4 nanostructures can be tuned from simple isolated nanoflakes to the ordered 3D flower-like shape by increasing the reaction temperature. The wettability of the surface with 3D flower-like micro/nanoflakes was changed from hydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity by chemical modification with vinyl tirethoxy-silane. The static contact angles for water on both of the modified surfaces were larger than 150°, which was closely related to the chemical modification and hierarchical structure. Furthermore, the surfaces retained good superhydrophobic stability in long-term storage as well, which should be critical to the application of iron materials in engineering.
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Song, HJ., Shen, XQ., Ji, HY. et al. Superhydrophobic iron material surface with flower-like structures obtained by a facile self-assembled monolayer. Appl. Phys. A 99, 685–689 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5593-4
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