In this work, an eco-friendly superhydrophobic stereo-complex polylactic acid (Sc-PLA) membrane was fabricated by a facile non-solvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) method, followed by peeling off its skin layer. By adjusting the thickness and roughness, membranes with various multi-scale microstructures could be obtained due to the formation of stereo-complex crystals during the process of phase separation. The Sc-PLA membranes display a hydrophobic wetting property. Interestingly, when the skin layer of the membrane with a 600 μm thickness was peeled off, the water contact angle on the surface of the membrane significantly improved from 142 to 152°, and the membrane displayed superhydrophobic wetting properties, which may be owing to the improvement of roughness for the surface by enlarging the exposure opportunity of finger holes and microstructures. In addition, the Sc-PLA membrane with superhydrophobicity shows excellent antifouling performance and large oil absorption capacity. Predictably, the Sc-PLA membranes may have potential applications in antifouling and oil-water separation.
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