%0 Journal Article
%A Schmüser, Lars
%A Encinas García, Noemí
%A Paven, Maxime
%A Graham, Daniel J
%A Castner, David G
%A Vollmer, Doris
%A Weidner, Tobias
%T Candle soot-based super-amphiphobic coatings resist protein adsorption
%D 2016
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115016
%X Super nonfouling surfaces resist protein adhesion and have a broad field of possible applications in implant technology, drug delivery, blood compatible materials, biosensors, and marine coatings. A promising route toward nonfouling surfaces involves liquid repelling architectures. The authors here show that soot-templated super-amphiphobic (SAP) surfaces prepared from fluorinated candle soot structures are super nonfouling. When exposed to bovine serum albumin or blood serum, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis showed that less than 2 ng/cm2 of protein was adsorbed onto the SAP surfaces. Since a broad variety of substrate shapes can be coated by soot-templated SAP surfaces, those are a promising route toward biocompatible materials design.
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