EP1115904A1 - Materiaux bruts ou flancs pourvus d'un revetement super-hydrophobe - Google Patents

Materiaux bruts ou flancs pourvus d'un revetement super-hydrophobe

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EP1115904A1
EP1115904A1 EP99968687A EP99968687A EP1115904A1 EP 1115904 A1 EP1115904 A1 EP 1115904A1 EP 99968687 A EP99968687 A EP 99968687A EP 99968687 A EP99968687 A EP 99968687A EP 1115904 A1 EP1115904 A1 EP 1115904A1
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Italo Corzani
Saswati Datta
Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France
Gianfranco Palumbo
Arseniy Valerevich Radomyselskiy
Riccardo D'agostino
Pietro Favia
Ritalba Lamendola
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  • the present invention relates to raw materials or blanks as for example particulate material such as detergent powder, plastic granulate; toothbrush and hairbrush blanks or bristles which have at least part of their surface provided with super hydrophobicity.
  • particulate material such as detergent powder, plastic granulate
  • toothbrush and hairbrush blanks or bristles which have at least part of their surface provided with super hydrophobicity.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 3,498,527 teaches that paper board containers for liquids can be waterproofed by application of a waterproofing coating such as wax or polyethylene, and a similar method is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 2,708,645 for waterproofing paper drinking cups and in U.S. Pat. No. 3,212,697 for paper grocery sacks.
  • a waterproofing coating such as wax or polyethylene
  • temporary wet strength is imparted to paper by coating it with a polymeric alcohol-polymeric aldehyde reaction product.
  • a disposable sanitary napkin which consists of an adsorbent layer having a liquid-repellent backing of poiyvinyl alcohol or similar material capable of initially repelling water but eventually solubilizing.
  • the degree of water-repellency therefore the lifetime of the napkin, is controlled by varying the thickness of the backing. Because the necessary life of the napkin cannot be predicted by manufacturer or user, the backing must be sufficiently thick to take account of all normal contingencies.
  • 3,542,028 is directed to a flushable sanitary napkin consisting of a cellulosic sheet treated with a fluoropolymer coating.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 3,559,650 teaches the preparation of a sanitary napkin having two flush-disposable sides separated by a waterproof film too thin to support itself once both faces of the napkin have disintegrated upon disposal.
  • Analogous to the process of coating a surface with a waterproofing substance is the concept of reacting a surface with another material so as to form a reaction product on the surface which has water-repellent properties.
  • U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,130,212 and 3,137,540 teach that materials such as polymeric alcohols may be reacted with other materials to increase their water-repellent properties.
  • the latter patent teaches treating poiyvinyl alcohol articles with an aqueous emulsion of an aldehyde to impart water-repellency thereto.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 3,626,943 teaches that disposable diapers can be made from poiyvinyl alcohol and waterproofed on one side by reaction with formaldehyde.
  • reaction-type coating processes suffer from drawbacks. They are carried out in the aqueous phase which is complicated and requires relatively large quantities of reagents. Most of the processes which employ some form of in situ chemical reaction to produce a water-repellent surface are carried out in the liquid phase, some vapor phase treatments are taught by U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,306,222; 2,961 ,388; and 3,017,290.
  • a known method of water and oil repellent finishing of textiles includes plasma treatment in a glow discharge in an atmosphere of inorganic gases, followed by treatment with a fluorine containing acrylic monomer in gas phase.
  • Another prior method of achieving film plasma polymerization described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,188,426, includes treatment in a glow discharge of per-fluoro-cyclo-butane or hexafluoroethane to reduce the friction coefficient and to improve the surface hydrophobia of organic and inorganic substrates (e.g. polyethylene films, metals).
  • organic and inorganic substrates e.g. polyethylene films, metals.
  • Plasma-deposited fluorocarbon coatings are often cited in the literature as "teflon- like coatings" because their CFx (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 2) composition and surface energy can be made very close to that of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE,-(CF 2 -CF 2 -) n ), known on the market as Teflon®.
  • PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Plasma coating processes of metals, polymers, and other substrates, with fluorocarbon films are known in the art. As an example, it is known from USP
  • Glow discharges treatments are also considered in US-A-5 462 781 for improving the bondabiiity of an implantable polymer medical device or for changing the wettability of a polymer fabric.
  • Several of the references discussed in this patent confirm non modulated, continuous plasma treatments as a means for varying the inherent WCA of a surface.
  • US-A-5 034 265 discloses a non modulated, continuous plasma treatment for improving the biocompatibility of vascular grafts with a CF ⁇ fluorocarbon coating deposited at the inside wall of the grafts in a proper plasma reactor fed with tetrafluoroethylene (C 2 F 4 , TFE) at 0.2 Torr.
  • C 2 F 4 , TFE tetrafluoroethylene
  • U.S. Pat No 5,328,576 discloses a method for imparting water and oil repellent surface properties to fabrics or paper that includes pretreatment in a low pressure oxygen plasma in the presence of water vapor followed by plasma polymerization of methane in a high frequency glow discharge carried out in the same treatment chamber. This method doesn't deliver durable, permanent coatings with a WCA higher than about 120°.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,262,208 discloses an gas plasma treatment for archival preservation of paper manuscripts by a thin film protective polymer film.
  • the treatment time is ranging from 30-3600 seconds.
  • Other methods have been used to obtain thin coatings on the web materials with short treatment periods.
  • Providing surface treatment is disclosed in US Patent No. 4,842,893 and 4,954,371 which describe a process for high speed coating of substrates with a complete and uniformly adhering layer and using electron beam radiation curing of the vapor deposited monomers for multilayer capacitators.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,842,893 discloses high speed coating process including flash vaporization system and electron beam curing. Both of these electron beam disclosures are incorporated herein by reference.
  • Other uses of electron beam coatings in the electronic industry field have been reported by Westinghouse science & technology center USA (Adv. Mat. Newsletter Volume 13, No 9, 1991 page 4).
  • the present invention relates ⁇ to raw materials or blanks as for example particulate material such as detergent powder, plastic granulate; toothbrush and hairbrush blanks or bristles which have at least part of their surface provided with super hydrophobicity.
  • particulate material such as detergent powder, plastic granulate; toothbrush and hairbrush blanks or bristles which have at least part of their surface provided with super hydrophobicity.
  • Bodys refers to semi finished products, comparable to intermediates in chemical conversions, which are not substantially altered before being assembled into a finished product.
  • raw material or blanks are referred to as raw materials in particular the present invention relates to raw materials which are coated by means of modulated plasma deposition of fluorocarbons.
  • the present invention having the features mentioned in the annexed claims, relates to raw materials having at least part of their surface coated with a thin, well adherent, nonporous, fluorocarbon coating with super hydrophobic properties, i.e. characterized by static water contact angle (WCA) values, measured on a smooth and plane surface, higher than about 120°, preferably higher than 130°, more preferably higher than 150°.
  • WCA static water contact angle
  • raw materials being treated with this method have their hydrophobicity markedly improved. They can for example provide improvements in water repellency, soil/dirt sticking prevention, reduced build-up on surface, reduced lumping of powders or reduced bacterial build-up .
  • the present invention deals with raw materials having their surface treated i.e. characterized by static water contact angle (WCA) values higher than about 120°, preferably higher than 130°, more preferably higher than 150°.
  • WCA static water contact angle
  • the raw materials are preferably subjected to a modulated glow discharge plasma treatment performed with a fluorocarbon gas or vapor compound fed in a properly configured reactor vessel where the raw materials are positioned.
  • the plasma process deposits a continuous, fluorocarbon thin film with super hydrophobic surface characteristics, tightly bound to the surface of the raw materials.
  • a more conventional thin film coating process followed by high energy surface curing can be used.
  • This is the method of using a high speed vacuum coating process for producing durable and thin water-repellent coatings on a raw material. It uses e.g. a movable support such as rotating drum in a vacuum chamber. The surface of the support is maintained at a temperature sufficient to permit condensation of a vaporized material deposited in the chamber.
  • the material is a curable monomer with a relatively low molecular weight.
  • the monomer vapor is created using a flash vaporizer.
  • the desired amount of curable monomer is metered to a heated flash vaporizer system where the material is vaporized. It is then transported e.g.
  • the raw material is then transported to a curing means such as an energy source which emits an electron beam, UV-light radiation or exposure to an electro magnetic field.
  • a curing means such as an energy source which emits an electron beam, UV-light radiation or exposure to an electro magnetic field.
  • the curable monomer can also be transferred into radicals by passing through a plasma zone (zone of high voltage discharge).
  • the curing of the monomer by the curing means then provides a coating on the raw material surface which has a static water contact angle of more than 120°.
  • the method for delivering the curable monomer to the raw material for minimizing the amount of monomers can use an ultrasonic atomizer producing micro droplets of curable monomer. They are released into a vaporization tube heated by band heaters. The atomized droplets impinge on the inner wall of the vaporization tube and are instantaneously vaporized, i.e., flash vaporized. This reduces the opportunity for polymerization prior to being deposited on the raw material.
  • “Plasma,” as used herein, is used in the sense of "low-temperature plasma” or “cold plasma” produced by igniting a glow discharge in a low pressure gas through a power supply.
  • Glow discharges contain a variety of species chemically active and energetic enough to cause chemical reactions with surfaces exposed, i.e. covalent bonding to a suitable substrate material.
  • Cold plasmas, or glow discharges are generally produced with high frequency (from KHz to MHz and GHz) power supply (HF plasmas). Electrons, positive and negative ions, atoms, excited molecules, free radicals, and photons of various energies are formed in a cold plasma.
  • Modemated plasma means a non continuos plasma, HF plasma, i.e. a glow discharge whose driving power is pulsed between a maximum value and zero (ON/OFF pulse) or a fraction of it, at a certain frequency, with a proper pulse generator connected to the main power supply.
  • ON/OFF pulsed systems the time ON and time OFF values are among the experimental parameters of the process.
  • superimposing a triggering ON/OFF pulse to the main high frequency field which generally drives a glow discharge alternates short continuous discharges with plasma OFF time intervals where active species still exists in the gas phase, but the effects of ions and electrons are strongly reduced. This alternating exposure to two different processes leads to unique surface modifications of the raw materials, which can be very different from those of continuous plasma process, as it will be shown.
  • Plasma deposition or “plasma polymerization” is the plasma process that leads to the formation of thin (0.01 - 2 ⁇ m), partly crosslinked, void-free, continuous coatings well adherent to surfaces.
  • the molecules of the gas phase are fragmented by energetic electrons, which are able to break chemical bonds; this process leads to radicals and other chemical species which are able to deposit at surfaces inside the vacuum chamber and form a thin, uniform film.
  • the action of the plasma may also affect the surface of a polymer material in the early deposition time; energetic species may break bonds in the surface with possible evolution of gas products, such as hydrogen, and formation of free radical sites which contribute to form covalent bonds between the growing film and the raw material.
  • the present invention thus refers to raw materials coated with fluorocarbon films characterized by a WCA value higher than 120°, preferably higher than 130°, more preferably higher than 150°.
  • fluorocarbon coatings with F/C ratio from about 1.50 to about 2.00 deposited on different raw materials and characterized by WCA values higher than about 120°, such as between about 155° and about 165° find useful application.
  • the F/C ratio could be theoretically up to 3, if the coating would be formed only by a mono-molecular layer of CF 3 groups.
  • the formation of intermolecular cross-links and the formation of claims (containing CF 2 fragments) which are grafted onto the surface lowers the above theoretical value so that the obtained coatings, notwithstanding the fact that they contain many CF 3 groups, have a general F/C ratio in the range of about 1.50 to about 2.00.
  • the thickness of the coatings depends on the duration of the plasma process at different conditions, and can be kept between 0.01 and 2 ⁇ m. It has been found that the nature of the raw materials does not influence the chemical composition or the thickness of the coatings. Coatings with WCA values up to about 165° (e.g. 165° ⁇ 5°) were obtained. Raw materials to be treated are subjected to modulated plasma gas discharge in the presence of at least one fluorocarbon gas or vapor.
  • fluorocarbon gases or vapors such as tetrafluoroethylene (TFE,C 2 F 4 ), hexafluoropropene (HFP,C 3 F 6 ), perfluoro-(2-trifluoromethyl-)pentene, perfluoro-(2-methylpent-2-ene) or its trimer may be used, TFE being the presently preferred choice.
  • the plasma deposition process is preferably performed by positioning the raw material in a properly arranged plasma reactor, connecting the reactor to a source of a fluorocarbon gas or vapor, regulating flow and pressure of the gas inside the reactor, and sustaining a glow discharge in the reactor with a high frequency electric field in a pulsed (modulated) mode by means of a suitable pulsed power supply.
  • a pulsed (modulated) mode by means of a suitable pulsed power supply.
  • an agitation action in form of a fluidized bed of simple mixer can be beneficial.
  • the parameters which define the glow discharge treatment includes the feed gas or vapor, its flow rate, its pressure, the position of the raw material inside the reactor, the design of the reactor, the exciting frequency of the power supply, the input power, the time ON and the time OFF of the pulsing system.
  • Raw material may be positioned in the "glow" region of the discharge, i.e. directly exposed to the plasma, or in the "afterglow” region, i.e. downstream in respect to the visible glow.
  • the two positions generally result in coatings with different composition and properties; treating the raw material with modulated glow discharge results also in different coatings respect to continuous treatments.
  • FIG. 2 portrays a typical scheme of a plasma reactor adapted for use within the context of the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows a C1s ESCA signal of an uncoated polyethylene raw material wherein the signal is due only to C-H, C-C bonds of the substrate;
  • FIG. 4 shows a C1 s ESCA signal of a PE raw material coated with a fluorocarbon coating deposited as described in example 1 (glow position, continuous mode), with WCA'of 100 ⁇ 5°; the signal is composed by components due to CF3, CF2, CF and CCF bonds of the fluorocarbon coating, and to C-H, C-C bonds due to surface contamination;
  • FIG. 5 shows a C1s ESCA signal of a PE raw material coated with a fluorocarbon coating deposited as described in example 1 (afterglow position, continuous mode), with WCA of 120 ⁇ 5°; the signal is composed by components due to CF3, CF2, CF and CCF bonds of the fluorocarbon coating, and to C-H, C-C bonds due to surface contamination; and
  • FIG. 6 shows a C1s ESCA signal of a PE raw material coated with a fluorocarbon coating deposited as described in example 1 (glow position, modulated mode), with WCA of 165 ⁇ 5°; the signal is composed by components due to CF3, CF2, CF and CCF bonds of the fluorocarbon coating, and to C-H, C-C bonds due to surface contamination.
  • Figure 1 compares a conventional "continuous" plasma (figure 1a) with the modulated process of the invention, (figure 1b) showing pulsed alternating plasma ON with plasma OFF (i.e. no plasma) times.
  • the two processes are schematized by referring to their driving signals.
  • the reactor 1 schematically shown in figure 2 was utilized not exclusively for developing the deposition method object of the present invention.
  • the reactor vacuum chamber 1 is made of Pyrex glass, is provided with an external RF powered electrode 2 and an internal grounded electrode 3.
  • the external electrode is connected to a power supply 4 (typically a radiofrequency generator operating at e.g. 13.56 MHz) through a matching network and an ON/OFF pulse generator 5.
  • the raw material can be treated in the "glow” region of the reactor, onto the grounded electrode 3, as well as in its "afterglow” position i.e. at an afterglow raw material holder 6.
  • the gas/vapor is fed through a proper mass flowmeter through a gas/vapor feeding manifold 7, and its pressure, measured at the pump out exit 8 of the reactor, kept at a certain constant value with a manual valve on the vacuum connection between the reactor and its pumping unit.
  • the deposition process is performed with an RF (13.56 MHz) generator.
  • the RF power delivered to the external electrode of the reactor is kept in the 1-500 Watts range for a power density of 0.02-10 Watt/cm 2 .
  • the reactor is fed with a fluorocarbon compound at a 1-100 seem flow rate and is kept at a constant pressure of 50-1000 mTorr during the process.
  • the glow discharges are modulated through the pulse generator, preferably at 1-500 ms time ON and 1-1000 ms time OFF values, with respective values of about 10 ms and about 190 ms being the most preferred choice at present.
  • the deposition process may range from a few seconds to many hours; during this time a uniform fluorocarbon coating is deposited on the raw materials positioned in the glow as well as on those in the afterglow region.
  • the deposition rate a typical one being in the 20 - 400 A/min range, was measured by weighing (weight/time) the raw material before and after the discharge, or by measuring the thickness of the coatings (thickness/time) with an Alpha Step profilometer.
  • the deposition rate and the chemical composition of the coating depend on the experimental conditions (pressure, power, material position, time ON, time OFF, gas feed and flow rate) of the discharge.
  • the coatings obtained are uniform over the entire surface of the raw material; when deposited on flat (i.e. plane) smooth surfaces, their hydrophobic character has been estimated through their static WCA value, as measured with a WCA goniometer. The measurement is done on a flat, i.e. plane, and smooth surface of a substrate after coating.
  • the term smooth as used herein for water contact angle measurements refers to a roughness of no more than 5 microns in accordance with standard roughness measurements on continuous surfaces.
  • WCA values in the range about 120° to about 165°, corresponding to a critical surface tension lower than that of PTFE (18 dynes/cm) have been measured for fluorocarbon CFx coatings, when x ranges between about 1.50 and about 2.00.
  • the chemical composition of coatings is preferably determined by Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA) within the sampling depth of the technique (about 100 A). The adherence of the coating to the raw material is very good.
  • the RF generator was connected to the reactor and allowed to sustain the discharge with 50 Watt of input power for 90 min, then switched off.
  • the substrates were extracted from the reactor and their WCA measured.
  • the WCA values shown in Table 1 were found, which are compared to the WCA values of the unprocessed substrates.
  • a deposition rate of 30 ⁇ 5 A min was measured for the coatings deposited in the modulated mode.
  • the method of thin film coating with a monomer followed by surface curing can be used.
  • the coating formed by the method of the present invention has a thickness of less than 5 microns, and preferably less than 2 microns and most preferably in the range of 0.001 to 1 microns.
  • the coatings are formed by depositing a vapor of curable monomer, under vacuum, on a movable raw material which is mounted in thermal contact with a support, for continuos processing preferably a rotating drum, which is maintained at a temperature below the boiling point of the vaporized monomer under the environmental conditions in vacuum chamber . As a result of this temperature differential, the monomer vapor condenses on the surface of the raw material.
  • the monomer materials utilized in the present invention are relatively low in molecular weight, between 150 and 1000 Atomic Mass Units (AMU) , and preferably in the range 200 to 300 AMU.
  • AMU Atomic Mass Unit
  • Polyfunctional flurocarbons and especially fluoroacrylates or mixtures of monofunctional fluoroacryiates and polyfunctional fluoroacrylates are preferred.
  • the monomers or monomer mixtures employed have an average of about two or more double bonds (i.e., a plurality of olefinic groups) and have a vapor pressure such that they condense on the raw material surface.
  • Such vapor pressures are for example pressure between about 1.33 10 "6 mbar and 1.33 10 "1 mbar, most preferably a vapor pressure of approximately 1.33 10 "2 mbar at standard temperature and pressure, (i.e., relatively low boiling materials) are selected.
  • high-vapor-pressure monomers can be flash vaporized already at low temperatures and thus are not degraded (cracked) by the heating process.
  • the absence or low amount of unreactive degradation products results in coatings with a reduced levels of volatile components in which substantially all of the deposited monomer is reactive and will cure to form an integral film when exposed to a source of radiation.
  • These properties make it possible to provide a substantially continuous coating despite the fact that the deposited film is very thin.
  • the cured films exhibit excellent adhesion and are resistant to chemical attack by organic solvents and inorganic salts.
  • the high speed vacuum coating process require a curable monomer component.
  • the curable monomer for obtaining water-repellent coatings comprises fluoro-containing group.
  • any suitable fluoromonomer may be used, including, but not limited to, fluoroacrylate monomers, fluoro olefin monomers, fluorostyrene monomers, fluoroalkylene oxide monomers (e.g., perfluoropropylene oxide, perfluorocyclohexene oxide), fluorinated vinyl alkyl ether monomers, and the copolymers thereof with suitable comonomers, wherein the comonomers are fluorinated or unfluorinated. Fluoromonomers which are polymerized by a free radical polymerization process are preferred.
  • fluorostyrenes and fluorinated vinyl alkyl ether monomers which may be used in the method of the present invention include, but are not limited to, ⁇ -fluorostyrene; ⁇ -fluorostyrene; ⁇ , ⁇ -difluorostyrene; ⁇ , ⁇ - difluorostyrene; ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ -trifluorostyrene; ⁇ -trifluoromethylstyrene; 2,4,6-Tris (trifluoromethyl)styrene; 2,3,4, 5,6-pentafluorostyrene; 2,3,4, 5,6-pentafluoro- ⁇ - methylstyrene; and 2, 3,4, 5,6-pentafluoro- ⁇ -methylstyrene.
  • tetrafluoroethylene can also be used in the method of the present invention and include, but are not limited to, tetrafluoroethylene- hexafluoropropylene copolymers, tetrafluoroethylene-perfluorovinyl ether copolymers (e.g., copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene with perfluoropropyl vinyl ether), tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymers, and perfluorinated ionomers (e.g., perfluorosulfonate ionomers; perfluorocarboxylate ionomers).
  • tetrafluoroethylene- hexafluoropropylene copolymers etrafluoroethylene-perfluorovinyl ether copolymers
  • tetrafluoroethylene-perfluorovinyl ether copolymers e.g., copolymers of tetrafluoroethylene
  • fluorocarbon elastomers are a group of fluoro olefin polymers which can also be used in the process of the present invention and include, but are not limited to, poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene); poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene); poly[vinylidene fluoride- co-tetrafluoroethylene-co-perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether)]; poly[tetrafluoroethylene- co-perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether)]; poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-propylene; and poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene).
  • fluoroacrylates are particularly useful monomeric materials.
  • R 2 is a C, to C 8 perfluoroalkyl or - CH 2 - NR 3 - S0 2 - R 4 , wherein R 3 is C ⁇ C;, alkyl and R 4 is C 1 to C 8 perfluoroalkyl.
  • perfluorinated means that all or essentially all hydrogen atoms on an organic group are replaced with fluorine.
  • EtFOSEA 2-(N-ethylperfluorooctanesulfonamido) ethyl acrylate
  • EtFOSEMA 2-(N-ethylperflooctanesulfonamido) ethyl methacrylate
  • MeFOSEA 2-(N-methyiperfluorooctanesulfonamido) ethyl acrylate
  • MeFOSEMA 2-(N-methylperflooctanesulfonamido) ethyl methacrylate
  • the curable monomer component can also include polyfunctional acrylates, which are set forth in U.S. Patent 4,842,893.
  • particulate or granule materials can be small single particles or agglomerates while granules are relatively large and typically not agglomerated
  • the relative moveability between particles is significantly increased. This provides a much better flow performance of such materials due to reduced sticking to each other. In addition their flowability relative to another surface is also improved and the probability of the material sticking to a hard surface is reduced.
  • detergent powder usually agglomerated particles
  • the superhydrophobicity can be provided to reduce the probability of bacterial build up and soiling build up on the surfaces.
  • the mechanism is to increase the speed at which water can be shaken from the toothbrush head after brushing. This increased speed will also increase the probability of bacteria to be removed from the toothbrush head.
  • the surface energy situation at the bottom of the bristles where they enter the toothbrush blank is such that no liquid will remain there (which was previously the case due to the capillary attraction between the bristles in each bundle of bristles) such that a reduced or even no bacterial growth can be observed at the toothbrush head.
  • a silver or golden (or other metal having antibacterial properties without toxic side effects) electrode in the plasma coating system in addition to the hydrophobic coating an effective amount of antibacterial metal can be deposited on the blanks and bristles or other surfaces.

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La présente invention concerne des matériaux bruts ou des flancs et notamment du matériau particulaire tel que poudre détergente, granulé de plastique; flancs ou crins pour brosses à dents et brosse à cheveux dont une partie au moins de la surface est rendue super-hydrophobe.
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