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Fabricating Superhydrophobic Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Applications
Published on: August 28, 2015
Superhydrophobic surfaces fabricated from nano- and microstructured cellulose stearoyl esters
Andreas Geissler1, Longquan Chen, Kai Zhang
1Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Paper Chemistry, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstr. 22, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|April 24, 2013
Abstract:
Robust, superhydrophobic and self-cleaning films were fabricated using nano- or microstructured cellulose fatty acid esters, which were prepared via nanoprecipitation. The superhydrophobic films could be coated on diverse surfaces with non-uniform shapes by distinct coating techniques.
