IMPROVING THE HYDROPHOBICITY OF KITCHENWARE THROUGH THE COVALENT BONDING OF PHOSPHONIC ACIDS Emily Chen, Marcus Elias, Jonathan Lin, Nathaniel Okun Olabade Omole, Matthew Piccolella, Suraj Shukla Dominique Voso, Jonathan Wu, Peter Xiong, Tania Yu Advisor: Dr. Michael Avaltroni Assistant: Liz Day
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IMPROVING THE HYDROPHOBICITY OF KITCHENWARE THROUGH THE COVALENT BONDING OF PHOSPHONIC ACIDS Emily Chen, Marcus Elias, Jonathan Lin, Nathaniel Okun Olabade.
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IMPROVING THE HYDROPHOBICITY OF KITCHENWARE THROUGH THE
COVALENT BONDING OF PHOSPHONIC ACIDS
Emily Chen, Marcus Elias, Jonathan Lin, Nathaniel Okun Olabade Omole, Matthew Piccolella, Suraj Shukla Dominique Voso,
Jonathan Wu, Peter Xiong, Tania Yu
Advisor: Dr. Michael AvaltroniAssistant: Liz Day
Polytetrafluoroethylene Highly hydrophobic Gold standard for non-stick cookware Durable, easy-to-clean Dangerous Remains in the body for 20 years Lab studies on rats reveal liver damage,
cancer, etc. Carcinogenic at high temperatures, flu-like
symptoms
What is Teflon®?
Siloxanes Used in Rain-X Long molecules with silicon group at head The industry standard to coat surfaces Unreliable, can be easily removed by water Physical attraction to a surface doesn’t work well
for oxide surfaces Material needs to be bonded covalently
Other Current Methods
Self-Assembled Monolayers – thin film (10 nm) that is physically (electrostatic) or chemically (covalent) bound to a surface
Bind to oxide surfaces µ-oxo groups: bridged oxygens on a surface,
unreactive Hydroxyl groups: -OH groups, more reactive
Can be achieved with phosphonic acids
What is a SAM?
Phosphonate group with n-carbon chain attached at the head
Covalently bonds at two locations on an oxide surface, creating a self-assembled monolayer