Abstract
Switching between superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity in porous materials was predicted theoretically and demonstrated experimentally with the example of thermally induced contact angle change; tunability of this system was also demonstrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3135-3137 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Issue number | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- sol-gel method
- silica aerogels
- surfaces
- lotus
- water
- superhydrophobic
- superhydrophilic
- surfactant