Porous materials show superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic switching

Neil Shirtcliffe, Glen McHale, Michael Newton, Carole Perry, Paul Roach

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    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 languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3135-3137
    JournalChemical Communications
    Issue number25
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2005

    Keywords

    • sol-gel method
    • silica aerogels
    • surfaces
    • lotus
    • water
    • superhydrophobic
    • superhydrophilic
    • surfactant

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