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Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Superhydrophobic 3D Porous PTFE/TiO 2 Hybrid Structures (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 4/2019)
Author(s) -
Aktas Oral Cenk,
Schröder Stefan,
Veziroglu Salih,
Ghori Muhammed Zubair,
Haidar Ayman,
Polonskyi Oleksandr,
Strunskus Thomas,
Gleason Karen,
Faupel Franz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced materials interfaces
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.671
H-Index - 65
ISSN - 2196-7350
DOI - 10.1002/admi.201970029
Subject(s) - superhydrophilicity , materials science , wetting , porosity , nanotechnology , penetration (warfare) , chemical engineering , composite material , operations research , engineering
In article number 1801967 by Oral Cenk Aktas, Stefan Schröder, Karen Gleason, Franz Faupel and co‐workers produce a superhydrophobic sponge‐like material (PTFE modified ultra‐porous 3D TiO 2 ) which prevents the water penetration even under extremely high pressures. The authors show that wetting of such 3D material can be tuned from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic state by simply altering the surface chemistry using iCVD. This extreme tuning of wetting opens a door to various controlled delivery applications.