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Self-cleaning, superhydrophobic cotton fabrics with excellent washing durability, solvent resistance and chemical stability prepared from an SU-8 derived surface coating
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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by Chao Zeng, Hong Wang, Hua Zhou, Tong LinSuperhydrophobic cotton fabrics with a very low contact angle hysteresis were prepared using a single-pot coating solution comprising SU-8 (a negative photoresist), a fluorinated alkyl silane and silica nanoparticles. The fabric was treated using a dip-coating technique and subsequently cured under UV light. The coated fabric showed excellent superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle as high as 163° and a sliding angle as low as 2°. The coating was durable enough to withstand 100 laundry cycles. It also had excellent stability against long immersion times in organic solvents, and acid and base solutions.
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RSC advancesVolume
5Issue
75Pagination
61044 - 61050Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryLocation
Cambridge, Eng.Publisher DOI
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2046-2069Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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