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Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Waterborne Fluorine‐Free Superhydrophobic Surfaces Exhibiting Simultaneous CO 2 and Humidity Sorption (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 23/2019)
Author(s) -
Baidya Avijit,
Yatheendran Anagha,
Ahuja Tripti,
Sudhakar Chennu,
Das Sarit Kumar,
Ras Robin H. A.,
Pradeep Thalappil
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.201970147
Subject(s) - materials science , sorption , moisture , adsorption , contact angle , humidity , fluorine , chemical engineering , polar , nanotechnology , composite material , organic chemistry , metallurgy , chemistry , physics , astronomy , engineering , thermodynamics
A waterborne, fluorine‐free, robust superhydrophobic material is developed from hydrophilic clay particles that capture moisture and CO 2 simultaneously. While moisture and CO 2 adsorption requires surfaces to be polar, superhydrophobicity needs them to be nonpolar. Both of these properties are controlled here by molecular functionalities of different dimensions. More details can be found in article number 1901013 by Avijit Baidya, Thalappil Pradeep, and co‐workers.