1. Environmentally Friendly Super-Water-Repellent Fabrics Prepared from Water-Based Suspensions
- Author
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Myriam Vanneste, Kartheuser Benoit, Alain M. Jonas, Bernard Nysten, Karine Glinel, David De Smet, Nicolas Mannu, Ronggang Cai, and UCL - SST/IMCN/BSMA - Bio and soft matter
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Textile ,Materials science ,business.industry ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,Silica ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Environmentally friendly ,Roughness ,Water based ,0104 chemical sciences ,Fiber coating ,Water repellent ,Chemical engineering ,PDMS ,parasitic diseases ,General Materials Science ,Superhydrophobic fabrics ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
We report on a facile, versatile, and environmentally friendly method to prepare superhydrophobic fabrics by a simple dip-coating method in water-based suspensions and emulsions. All the materials used are fluorine-free and commercially available at a large scale. The method can be easily integrated into standard textile industrial processes and has a strong potential for the mass production of environmentally friendly superwater-repellent fabrics. The produced fabrics show good resistance to machine washing and acidic or alkaline treatments. In addition, it is shown that superhydrophobicity can be quantitatively predicted based on the combination of the roughness of the fabric and of the fiber coating.
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- 2018