APPENDIX 1: Average Contact Angle of the Prepared PP-TiO2 coatings and its corresponding

Standard Deviations

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-2.5gTiO2 coating (before UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 118.093 119.432
2 115.806 120.130
3 117.769 117.402
4 115.890 113.412
5 118.516 120.429
Average 117.7
Standard Deviation + 2.1

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-3.0gTiO2 coating (before UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 136.725 137.029
2 140.514 141.151
3 134.861 135.418
4 139.403 139.172
5 139.136 140.093
Average 138.4
Standard Deviation + 2.1

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-3.5gTiO2 coating (before UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 141.103 142.975
2 145.884 147.050
3 141.054 140.345
4 144.330 145.745
5 144.841 144.938
Average 143.8
Standard Deviation + 2.2

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-4.0gTiO2 coating (before UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 143.431 144.804
2 145.586 142.107
3 143.394 143.889
4 138.189 141.670
5 141.397 140.350
Average 142.5
Standard Deviation + 2.1

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-2.5gTiO2 coating (after UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 58.383 60.656
2 61.618 63.308
3 62.094 63.922
4 63.911 58.577
5 63.826 63.632
Average 62.0
Standard Deviation + 2.0

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-3.0gTiO2 coating (after UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 60.637 60.337
2 55.563 57.421
3 53.453 61.290
4 61.654 57.955
5 58.493 57.198
Average 58.4
Standard Deviation + 2.5

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-3.5gTiO2 coating (after UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 56.901 57.054
2 61.082 62.662
3 61.787 62.937
4 58.581 59.423
5 58.162 60.990
Average 60.0
Standard Deviation + 2.1

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-4.0gTiO2 coating (after UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 59.473 63.689
2 59.063 58.101
3 61.074 59.013
4 65.859 64.228
5 61.015 60.315
Average 61.2
Standard Deviation + 2.4
Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-2.5gTiO2 coating (after dark storage)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 108.979 108.161
2 102.513 101.018
3 105.981 103.048
4 105.544 102.980
5 108.490 107.205
Average 105.4
Standard Deviation + 2.7

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-3.0gTiO2 coating (after UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 120.969 121.437
2 119.270 122.127
3 118.395 118.147
4 121.681 118.647
5 122.876 120.305
Average 120.4
Standard Deviation + 1.6

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-3.5gTiO2 coating (after UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 142.747 140.627
2 140.407 141.290
3 139.733 138.548
4 141.427 142.806
5 139.907 140.021
Average 140.8
Standard Deviation + 1.3

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the prepared 2gPP-4.0gTiO2 coating (after UV exposure)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 141.143 142.143
2 143.820 145.089
3 139.351 138.104
4 142.999 141.311
5 137.297 137.772
Average 140.9
Standard Deviation + 2.6
APPENDIX 2: Average Contact Angle of the Control Surfaces and the As-prepared PP-Tio2 coating
and with the corresponding Standard Deviation

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the glass substrate

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 53.359 54.491
2 53.964 54.737
3 53.004 54.889
4 53.374 54.862
5 52.045 54.391
Average 53.9
Standard Deviation + 0.9

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-coated glass substrate

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 107.799 108.532
2 106.224 105.549
3 107.694 105.213
4 105.560 107.960
5 106.956 106.489
Average 106.8
Standard Deviation + 1.1

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (initial)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 157.436 154.598
2 152.046 151.641
3 156.495 150.572
4 153.433 151.921
5 157.151 152.898
Average 153.8
Standard Deviation + 2.3
APPENDIX 3: Average Contact Angle of the Prepared Coating with Reversible Wetting Behavior with
the corresponding Standard Deviation (lamp exposure)

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (after lamp exposure 1)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 61.892 62.305
2 59.824 62.740
3 60.684 59.921
4 60.695 59.719
5 60.474 62.808
Average 61.1
Standard Deviation + 1.2

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (recovery 1)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 155.476 154.100
2 156.461 150.170
3 153.546 150.344
4 158.380 150.179
5 153.174 151.622
Average 153.3
Standard Deviation + 2.7

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (after lamp exposure 2)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 62.301 60.749
2 61.098 62.783
3 64.681 60.139
4 60.646 63.167
5 59.701 62.605
Average 61.8
Standard Deviation + 1.5

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (recovery 2)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 155.261 151.606
2 152.400 153.791
3 157.291 150.927
4 154.887 151.322
5 157.652 154.450
Average 154.0
Standard Deviation + 2.3

APPENDIX 4: Average Contact Angle of the Prepared Coating with Reversible Wetting Behavior with
the corresponding Standard Deviation (sun exposure)

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (initial)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 157.789 151.285
2 158.775 158.823
3 159.676 155.157
4 152.199 151.324
5 158.155 154.957
Average 155.8
Standard Deviation + 3.1

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (after sun exposure 1)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 72.180 72.655
2 71.881 71.097
3 71.329 73.520
4 69.833 70.914
5 72.254 71.736
Average 71.7
Standard Deviation + 1.0

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (recovery 1)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 156.991 151.216
2 157.349 154.481
3 152.821 156.734
4 157.469 156.338
5 157.649 152.828
Average 155.4
Standard Deviation + 2.2

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (after sun exposure 2)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 70.370 71.966
2 72.992 72.791
3 72.705 73.320
4 71.740 71.460
5 71.420 73.118
Average 72.2
Standard Deviation + 0.9

Contact angles of Five Different Areas of the PP-TiO2 surface (recovery 2)

Area CA left (deg.) CA right (deg.)

1 156.879 152.293
2 156.246 153.936
3 151.313 157.951
4 153.920 156.068
5 154.290 154.296
Average 154.7
Standard Deviation + 2.0