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Fabricating Superhydrophobic Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications
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Ultrahydrophobic textile surface via decorating fibers with monolayer of reactive nanoparticles and non-fluorinated
Karthik Ramaratnam1, Volodymyr Tsyalkovsky, Viktor Klep
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|November 1, 2007
Abstract:
By mimicking the hydrophobicity and miniature protrusions of the lotus leaves using a monolayer of non-fluorinated hydrophobic polymer and functionalized nanoparticles, respectively, we have developed a permanent nanocoating to create ultrahydrophobic fibers/textiles with excellent water repellency and self-cleaning ability.
