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Sustainable Approach to Superhydrophobic Surfaces Based on Water‐Born Electrospinning
Author(s) -
Doimoto Mitsunobu,
Greiner Andreas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.201700621
Subject(s) - materials science , silanization , electrospinning , textile , contact angle , acrylate , composite material , dispersion (optics) , polymer , nanotechnology , copolymer , optics , physics
Superhydrophobic surfaces are obtained by a sustainable approach by electrospinning of water‐based acrylate dispersion followed by mild silanization and removal of template polymer. The resulting nonwovens show very high superhydrophobicity and very low roll angle. In contrast to many other approaches, pores provide the required morphology to achieve superhydrophobicity. This new material provides a new approach to electrospun nonwoven coatings which can be of interest for textile applications.