Reversibly switching water droplets wettability on hierarchical structured Cu2S mesh for efficient oil/water

Shanya Xu1, Rui Sheng1, Yali Cao1

  • 1Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, 830046, China.

Scientific Reports
|August 30, 2019
PubMed

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