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Are telechelic polysiloxanes better than hemi-telechelic for self-cleaning applications? J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 600:174-186. [PMID: 34015510 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Polysiloxanes are becoming new trend in self-cleaning (oil- and water-repellent) applications due to their low-cost and environmentally friendly nature. Lower phase separation of polysiloxanes in coating matrix is critical to obtain excellent self-cleaning properties. We hypothesize that telechelic polysiloxanes can bind to coating matrix at both ends and thus will suppress phase separation of polysiloxane as compared to hemi-telechelic analog and thus will offer excellent self-cleaning properties. EXPERIMENT Eight PDMS additives were prepared via the free-radical polymerization of telechelic and hemi-telechelic methacryloxypropyl-based PDMS precursors with methylmethacrylate (MMA) and glycidylmethacrylate (GMA). The compositions of the prepared polysiloxane additives were optimized to obtain excellent self-cleaning performance. FINDINGS Our breakthrough development confirms that telechelic polysiloxanes (PDMS-T) incorporated into epoxy-based anti-smudge coatings outperform hemi-telechelic polysiloxanes (PDMS-HT) by offering excellent repellency against difficult to repel liquids. These breakthrough findings will vertically advance Science and innovations in the self-cleaning field by offering robust guidelines for choosing suitable polysiloxane for self-cleaning applications.
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Nair A, Kansal D, Khan A, Rabnawaz M. New alternatives to single‐use plastics: Starch and chitosan‐
graft
‐polydimethylsiloxane‐coated paper for water‐ and oil‐resistant applications. NANO SELECT 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/nano.202100107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Aditya Nair
- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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Nair A, Kansal D, Khan A, Rabnawaz M. Oil‐ and
water‐resistant
paper substrate using blends of
chitosan‐
graft
‐polydimethylsiloxane
and poly(vinyl alcohol). J Appl Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/app.50494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Aditya Nair
- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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Hamdani SS, Li Z, Sirinakbumrung N, Rabnawaz M. Zein and PVOH-Based Bilayer Approach for Plastic-Free, Repulpable and Biodegradable Oil- and Water-Resistant Paper as a Replacement for Single-Use Plastics. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Syeda Shamila Hamdani
- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, 448 Wilson Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1223, United States
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- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, 448 Wilson Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1223, United States
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- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, 448 Wilson Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1223, United States
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- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, 448 Wilson Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1223, United States
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Kansal D, Rabnawaz M. Fabrication of oil‐ and
water‐resistant
paper without creating microplastics on disposal. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.49692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Dhwani Kansal
- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
- Department of Chemistry Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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- School of Packaging Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan USA
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Kansal D, Hamdani SS, Ping R, Rabnawaz M. Starch and Zein Biopolymers as a Sustainable Replacement for PFAS, Silicone Oil, and Plastic-Coated Paper. Ind Eng Chem Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.0c01291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Dhwani Kansal
- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, United States
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- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, United States
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- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, United States
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- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, United States
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Naveed M, Rabnawaz M, Khan A, Tuhin MO. Dual-Layer Approach toward Self-Healing and Self-Cleaning Polyurethane Thermosets. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1849. [PMID: 31717538 PMCID: PMC6918376 DOI: 10.3390/polym11111849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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There is an urgent need for coatings that exhibit both self-healing as well as self-cleaning properties as they can be used for a wide range of applications. Herein we report a novel approach toward fabricating polyurethane thermosets possessing both self-cleaning and self-healing properties. The desired coating was achieved via casting a bottom layer of self-healable polyurethanes comprised of reversible phenolic urethane bonds followed by a subsequent dip-coating of the prepared layer in a solution of bis(3-aminopropyl)-terminated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS-NH2). The PDMS was used to impart self-cleaning properties to the coating. While the self-healing behavior of the bottom polyurethane layer is achieved through phenolic urethane chemistry, via the exchange of phenolic urethane moieties. The prepared coatings were tested for their optical, mechanical, self-healing, and self-cleaning properties using a variety of characterization methods, which confirmed the successful fabrication of novel self-cleaning and self-healing clear urethane coatings.
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- School of Packaging, Michigan State University, 448 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824-1223, USA; (M.N.); (A.K.); (M.O.T.)
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Zahid M, Mazzon G, Athanassiou A, Bayer IS. Environmentally benign non-wettable textile treatments: A review of recent state-of-the-art. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 270:216-250. [PMID: 31277037 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Among superhydrophobic materials, non-wettable textiles are probably the ones that come in contact or interact with the human body most frequently. Hence, textile treatments for water or oil repellency should be non-toxic, biocompatible, and comply with stringent health standards. Moreover, considering the volume of the worldwide textile industry, these treatments should be scalable, sustainable, and eco-friendly. Due to this awareness, more and more non-wettable textile treatments with eco-friendly processes and green or non-toxic chemicals are being adopted and reported. Although fluorinated alkylsilanes or fluorinated polymers with C8 chemistry (with ≥ 8 fluorinated carbon atoms) are the best performing materials to render textiles water or oil repellent, they pose substantial health and environmental problems and are being banned. For this reason, water/solvent-borne, C8-free vehicles for non-wettable treatment formulations are probably the only ones that can have commercialization prospects. Hence, researchers have come up with a variety of new, non-toxic, green formulations and materials to render fabrics liquid repellent that constitute the focus of this review paper. As such, this review article discusses and summarizes recent developments and techniques on various sustainable superhydrophobic treatments for textiles, with comparable performance and durability to formulations based on fluorinated C8 compounds. The current state-of-the-art technologies, potential commercialization prospects, and relevant limitations are discussed and summarized with examples. The review also attempts to indicate promising future strategies and new materials that can transform the process for non-wettable textiles into an all-sustainable technology.
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- Muhammad Zahid
- Smart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Technologia, Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
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- Smart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Technologia, Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica (DAIS), Università Ca' Foscari, Dorsoduro 3246, 30123 Venezia, Italy
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- Smart Materials, Istituto Italiano di Technologia, Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
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Czarnecki S, Bertin A. Hybrid Silicon-Based Organic/Inorganic Block Copolymers with Sol-Gel Active Moieties: Synthetic Advances, Self-Assembly and Applications in Biomedicine and Materials Science. Chemistry 2018; 24:3354-3373. [PMID: 29218744 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Hybrid silicon-based organic/inorganic (multi)block copolymers are promising polymeric precursors to create robust nano-objects and nanomaterials due to their sol-gel active moieties via self-assembly in solution or in bulk. Such nano-objects and nanomaterials have great potential in biomedicine as nanocarriers or scaffolds for bone regeneration as well as in materials science as Pickering emulsifiers, photonic crystals or coatings/films with antibiofouling, antibacterial or water- and oil-repellent properties. Thus, this Review outlines recent synthetic efforts in the preparation of these hybrid inorganic/organic block copolymers, gives an overview of their self-assembled structures and finally presents recent examples of their use in the biomedical field and material science.
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- Sebastian Czarnecki
- German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Dpt. 6. Materials Protection and Surface Technology, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205, Berlin, Germany
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- German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Dpt. 6. Materials Protection and Surface Technology, Unter den Eichen 87, 12205, Berlin, Germany.,Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry-Organic Chemistry, Takustr. 3, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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Mao Y, Zhao Q, Pan T, Shi J, Jiang S, Chen M, Zhou B, Tian Y. Platinum porphyrin/3-(trimethoxysily)propylmethacrylate functionalized flexible PDMS micropillar arrays as optical oxygen sensors. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj01187c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A PtTPP/TPMA functionalized PDMS-based micropillar array film was presented as a flexible optical oxygen sensor with efficiently improved sensing capabilities.
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- Yongyun Mao
- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
- University of Macau
- Avenida da Universidade
- Taipa
- China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- South University of Science and Technology of China
- Shenzhen
- China
- Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- South University of Science and Technology of China
- Shenzhen
- China
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- South University of Science and Technology of China
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine
- Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
- University of Macau
- Avenida da Universidade
- Taipa
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering
- University of Macau
- Avenida da Universidade
- Taipa
- China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- South University of Science and Technology of China
- Shenzhen
- China
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Liu M, Chen X, Yang Z, Xu Z, Hong L, Ngai T. Tunable Pickering Emulsions with Environmentally Responsive Hairy Silica Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:32250-32258. [PMID: 27933833 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Surface modification of the nanoparticles using surface anchoring of amphiphilic polymers offers considerable scope for the design of a wide range of brush-coated hybrid nanoparticles with tunable surface wettability that may serve as new class of efficient Pickering emulsifiers. In the present study, we prepared mixed polymer brush-coated nanoparticles by grafting ABC miktoarm star terpolymers consisting of poly(ethylene glycol), polystyrene, and poly[(3-triisopropyloxysilyl)propyl methacrylate] (μ-PEG-b-PS-b-PIPSMA) on the surface of silica nanoparticles. The wettability of the as-prepared nanoparticles can be precisely tuned by a change of solvent or host-guest complexation. 1H NMR result confirmed that such wettability change is due to the reorganization of the polymer chain at the grafted layer. We show that this behavior can be used for stabilization and switching between water-in-oil (W/O) and oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions. For hairy particles initially dispersed in oil, W/O emulsions were always obtained with collapsed PEG chains and mobile PS chains at the grafted layer. However, initially dispersing the hairy particles in water resulted in O/W emulsions with collapsed PS chains and mobile PEG chains. When a good solvent for both PS and PEG blocks such as toluene was used, W/O emulsions were always obtained no matter where the hairy particles were dispersed. The wettability of the mixed polymer brush-coated silica particles can also be tuned by host-guest complexation between PEG block and α-CD. More importantly, our result showed that surprisingly the resultant mixed brush-coated hairy nanoparticles can be employed for the one-step production of O/W/O multiple emulsions that are not attainable from conventional Pickering emulsifiers. The functionalized hairy silica nanoparticles at the oil-water interface can be further linked together utilizing poly(acrylic acid) as the reversible linker to form supramolecular colloidosomes, which show pH-dependent release of cargo.
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- Min Liu
- Department of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
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Lai Y, Huang J, Cui Z, Ge M, Zhang KQ, Chen Z, Chi L. Recent Advances in TiO2 -Based Nanostructured Surfaces with Controllable Wettability and Adhesion. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2016; 12:2203-24. [PMID: 26695122 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201501837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Bioinspired surfaces with special wettability and adhesion have attracted great interest in both fundamental research and industry applications. Various kinds of special wetting surfaces have been constructed by adjusting the topographical structure and chemical composition. Here, recent progress of the artificial superhydrophobic surfaces with high contrast in solid/liquid adhesion has been reviewed, with a focus on the bioinspired construction and applications of one-dimensional (1D) TiO2-based surfaces. In addition, the significant applications related to artificial super-wetting/antiwetting TiO2-based structure surfaces with controllable adhesion are summarized, e.g., self-cleaning, friction reduction, anti-fogging/icing, microfluidic manipulation, fog/water collection, oil/water separation, anti-bioadhesion, and micro-templates for patterning. Finally, the current challenges and future prospects of this renascent and rapidly developing field, especially with regard to 1D TiO2-based surfaces with special wettability and adhesion, are proposed and discussed.
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- Yuekun Lai
- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
- Physikalisches Institut and Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitat Muenster, Muenster, 48149, Germany
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Liu H, Gao SW, Cai JS, He CL, Mao JJ, Zhu TX, Chen Z, Huang JY, Meng K, Zhang KQ, Al-Deyab SS, Lai YK. Recent Progress in Fabrication and Applications of Superhydrophobic Coating on Cellulose-Based Substrates. MATERIALS 2016; 9:ma9030124. [PMID: 28773253 PMCID: PMC5456681 DOI: 10.3390/ma9030124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Multifuntional fabrics with special wettability have attracted a lot of interest in both fundamental research and industry applications over the last two decades. In this review, recent progress of various kinds of approaches and strategies to construct super-antiwetting coating on cellulose-based substrates (fabrics and paper) has been discussed in detail. We focus on the significant applications related to artificial superhydrophobic fabrics with special wettability and controllable adhesion, e.g., oil-water separation, self-cleaning, asymmetric/anisotropic wetting for microfluidic manipulation, air/liquid directional gating, and micro-template for patterning. In addition to the anti-wetting properties and promising applications, particular attention is paid to coating durability and other incorporated functionalities, e.g., air permeability, UV-shielding, photocatalytic self-cleaning, self-healing and patterned antiwetting properties. Finally, the existing difficulties and future prospects of this traditional and developing field are briefly proposed and discussed.
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- Hui Liu
- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
- Research Center of Cooperative Innovation for Functional Organic/Polymer Material Micro/Nanofabrication, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
- Research Center of Cooperative Innovation for Functional Organic/Polymer Material Micro/Nanofabrication, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Petrochemical Research Chair, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
- Research Center of Cooperative Innovation for Functional Organic/Polymer Material Micro/Nanofabrication, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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Teo GH, Kuchel RP, Zetterlund PB, Thickett SC. Polymer-inorganic hybrid nanoparticles of various morphologies via polymerization-induced self assembly and sol–gel chemistry. Polym Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6py01447j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The preparation of polymer-silica hybrid nanoparticles of various morphologies is reported.
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- Guo Hui Teo
- School of Physical Sciences (Chemistry)
- University of Tasmania
- Hobart
- Australia
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- Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre
- University of New South Wales
- Sydney
- Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)
- University of New South Wales NSW
- Australia
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- School of Physical Sciences (Chemistry)
- University of Tasmania
- Hobart
- Australia
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Grozea CM, Huang S, Liu G. Water-based, heat-assisted preparation of water-repellent cotton fabrics using graft copolymers. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra27056a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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A simple, practical, environmentally-friendly method to prepare repellent coated cotton fabrics.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Queen's University
- Kingston
- Canada K7L 3N6
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Grozea CM, Rabnawaz M, Liu G. Quantification of residual liquid on repellent cotton fabrics after liquid roll off. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra20782g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A new method to detect and quantify any residual liquid left on coated cotton fabrics after liquid roll off using fluorescence microscopy.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Queen's University
- Kingston
- Canada K7L 3N6
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